Maybe I can shed a unique perspective here. I’ve stuttered my entire life and am transgender, so I’ve kinda gotten both sides of the spectrum at least in terms of how people treat and see me. As a guy, stuttering was definitely tough especially early on in life. Most people assume that I “forgot” things like my name or whatever and of course in dating the social requirement for guys to initiate first was always tough. I do think it was tougher in my brain than it really was, though, because whenever I did initiate, if I stuttered, it wasn’t a big deal. I usually just stop myself, say sorry I stutter, and move on. Random people tend to make more jokes to loosen the tension a bit when youre a guy, though, and I always hated that. “Oh hahah did you forget your bday??” ugh As a girl I feel like people are a lot more cautious. Those jokes don’t really exist anymore and most people are fairly patient. In dating I tend to get more of “oh it’s cute” when it comes up than I did before and less of the “oh she just doesnt know” although I’m sure people think that more at my job now. I no longer have to make the first move in dating, which is super nice, but honestly to me at least it doesnt make the first interaction any easier. I’m still wicked stressed. Do I think girls who stutter have it easier? Maybe, in some ways, but I’m not sold on it being a large degree. I do think each side has their own struggles but its hard to pick and choose overall who has it worse. Do I think attractiveness comes into play? Sure, it does all the time. I think both pre and post trans I was of average attractiveness so it’s hard for me to see outside of myself, but imo in general attractive people are generally treated better in social situations. It’s unfair for sure.