Any stuttering girls? [Archive]

Stamr

06-12-2009, 02:19 AM

Ok seriously, I have never met a girl who stutters... I wish I knew one lol Cause sometimes I feel like I'm the only girl who stutters. I'm aware that there are, but so few.

So, who are you? :P lets talk about this from a girls prospective... What are some things/issues that may effect a girl more so than a guy, if any... whatever it may be, I wanna know!

Guys are welcome to post as well if need be :) :P

Corinkie

06-12-2009, 07:29 AM

Hello, I am a stuttering girl! I picked up the habit from my stuttering brother. LOL I have a mild-moderate stutter, so I can hide it for a while. But boy, if i get upset or anxious at my man the blocks and stammers come full force! LOL

Violet

06-12-2009, 07:41 AM

emily445455

06-12-2009, 03:01 PM

Hey, nice thread! :) I am a member of a local support group and out of about 8 members I am one of two women who attend (who stutter, there are other women but they are the GA's and stuff).

I've heard stuttering affects men to women 4:1 or something like that. My family is very weird. My mom, sister, and I stutter....none of the men do. Not even my mom's sons....very odd!!! :)

JFan

06-12-2009, 04:07 PM

urbanmermaid

06-12-2009, 07:22 PM

I stutter! :D (and am a girl) haha :p

There are surprisingly quite a few females on this forum, considering like only 20% of stutterers are female and 80% male

i don't think that there are really any stuttering issues that affect girls more than guys though.. Although i do tend to notice my stutter more when i have my periods, and it seems to sometimes decrease slightly when i'm ovulating.. but that could be more due to a fluctuation in moods ;)

I've never ever thought about my periods affecting my fluency lol!! now that i think about it I don't know what connection there could possibly be between the 2. Maybe while you're having your period you're feeling a bit more emotional?
Ive found that my stutter is extremely situational. Like with one person i can be 99% fluent and then when i talk to another i would stutter more...Its quite frustrating because I've no idea why this happens lol. I have mainly repetitions of syllables, not separate sounds or very rarely at least.

nik037

06-12-2009, 08:35 PM

grantM

06-13-2009, 12:56 AM

Great to see ladies being represented :)

Keyo

06-13-2009, 02:44 PM

Hello! I also have not met many other female stutters. I know they have studied testosterone levels of stutters....

I never noticed my period affecting my speech either...maybe I will start paying attention! :)

testosterone levels of stutters? weird... that means that the more testosterone a man has the more he stutteres i guess.. interesting :confused:

cjm555

06-13-2009, 03:44 PM

i will admit.. in my life i have met maybe 3-4 other people that stutter and all where guys... i have yet to meet a stuttering girl

Stamr

06-13-2009, 08:27 PM

Awesome to see that there are girls here too! I wish I knew girls that stuttered lol I've also never noticed anything unusual when I get my period... that's interesting.

danistuttermom

06-15-2009, 12:46 AM

I'm a girl who stutters! I don't know many people who stutter in my everyday life except my mother and she's in denial. I've met quite a few girls who stutter via youtube and other websites. :D

barrymcgee

06-15-2009, 02:32 PM

I know quite a few girls who stutter, although I know alot more fellas, damn that 1 in 5 ratio.. :L

DKoz

06-15-2009, 03:14 PM

I know 10 stutterers and 4 of them are females.

stutteringgirl4

06-15-2009, 06:18 PM

Hey, Im a girl ;)

thatCALIdude

06-15-2009, 11:38 PM

ive never met another stutterer

stutteringgirl4

06-16-2009, 07:03 PM

ive never met another stutterer

The only stutterer I have met is my grandma.

emily445455

06-16-2009, 07:35 PM

stutteringgirl, that would be very insightful to have a gma who stutters and has lived with it for a long time. My great uncle stutters...but he also lives on the other side of the country, so I've never met him.

stutterpress

06-16-2009, 08:46 PM

I have met a few girls who stutter at my speech therapy but their stutter is very mild compared to the guys.

Iron Cable

06-16-2009, 11:25 PM

I only seen girls who stutter on tv and online....Is it just me or are they usualy hot?

Derek181

06-28-2009, 06:09 AM

Iron Cable Re: Any stuttering girls?

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I only seen girls who stutter on tv and online....Is it just me or are they usualy hot?

iam thinking the same thing!!!! let me see ive met like 3 or 4 stuttering girls and they were pretty dayum hawt. then from the forum... just from what i can see by the avatar pics iam beginning to think that a lot of stuttering females are attractive haha (the girl who started this thread looks pretty good hahaha :o)

stutteringgirl4

06-29-2009, 08:24 PM

emily445455

06-29-2009, 10:40 PM

yeah but she doesnt really like to talk about it, believe me I've tried

Oh, that's too bad :(

Zachary

06-30-2009, 02:01 AM

iam thinking the same thing!!!! let me see ive met like 3 or 4 stuttering girls and they were pretty dayum hawt. then from the forum... just from what i can see by the avatar pics iam beginning to think that a lot of stuttering females are attractive haha (the girl who started this thread looks pretty good hahaha :o)

I've noticed the same thing :D Our female posters are beautiful.

Iron Cable

07-01-2009, 05:55 PM

I knew it wasn't just me.:D

TK421

07-05-2009, 09:37 AM

My ideal life companion would be a woman who stutters. I think having that in common with the woman I love would be a pretty great connection!

nowayout

07-11-2009, 12:54 AM

@TK421 .. u r right .. ideal companion can be a woman who stutters .. She will understand where I stand ... and tht will sooth both me and her instead of nervous ..

But if someone can find a girl who don't stutter and they understand each other then they too can be companion .. we should not let only stuttering to decide our future .. tht's a very small criteria to find a ideal companion

Zachary

07-11-2009, 06:44 AM

@TK421 .. u r right .. ideal companion can be a woman who stutters .. She will understand where I stand ... and tht will sooth both me and her instead of nervous ..

Who would order at the drive-thru though? Believe it or not, this is actually a serious consideration of mine :p Not that it would matter I guess, if we truly loved eachother then so be it. I'm pretty decent in the kitchen anyway :D

Imperfection

07-12-2009, 09:35 PM

I'm a girl who stutters. :) Glad to see some more out there!

heyjoon84

07-15-2009, 12:29 AM

im a stuttering chick! the only other person i know that stutters is my dad, since thats where i got it from :/

ForeverYoung

07-15-2009, 04:53 AM

Hey, Imperfection. Does that shirt mean anything to you or did you just pick it up somewhere cause you liked how it looked?

ClinPsy

07-15-2009, 03:48 PM

iam thinking the same thing!!!! let me see ive met like 3 or 4 stuttering girls and they were pretty dayum hawt. then from the forum... just from what i can see by the avatar pics iam beginning to think that a lot of stuttering females are attractive haha (the girl who started this thread looks pretty good hahaha :o)

Yes, the avatar pics are quite lovely. Urbanmermaid, Nik and Stamr are HAWT :drool: :D;)

nowayout

07-18-2009, 06:07 AM

im a stuttering chick! the only other person i know that stutters is my dad, since thats where i got it from :/

Hey ... if I am not wrong then I don't think stuttering can be inherited ... Its more like a habit ...
Isn't it?

babblingbob

07-19-2009, 04:43 AM

testosterone levels of stutters? weird... that means that the more testosterone a man has the more he stutteres i guess.. interesting :confused:

If that's true, then I'm Chuck Norris.

Delta

07-19-2009, 10:48 AM

I am a 29 year old stuttering chick!!!

Noel

07-19-2009, 03:52 PM

Hey ... if I am not wrong then I don't think stuttering can be inherited ... Its more like a habit ...
Isn't it?

Stuttering is an inheritable trait. My mom stutters and so does my great uncle. There is a difference between developmental stuttering and chronic stuttering.

Developmental is usually when a child has a hard time speaking before the age of 7.

Chronic is when the person never outgrows the stuttering and they continue to stutter as adults.

A lot of the people on the forum are chronic stutters including myself.

There is a chance you could pass it on to your children just like my mom passed it on to me.

emily445455

07-19-2009, 08:43 PM

Hey ... if I am not wrong then I don't think stuttering can be inherited ... Its more like a habit ...
Isn't it?

Mine is hereditary :)

Imperfection

07-23-2009, 08:46 PM

Hey, Imperfection. Does that shirt mean anything to you or did you just pick it up somewhere cause you liked how it looked? Yeah, it does. My first game system was a Nintendo 64, when I was around 6 or 7, and I loved Mario and Yoshi. Especially "Yoshi's Island." :D I got it from Kohl's, though, and was surprised and happy that they had actually made a video game characters' t-shirt for girls finally!

jaissal

07-23-2009, 11:09 PM

The Legend of Zelda is the best game franchise ever! any Zelda fans? Jaissal.

chris2112

07-23-2009, 11:23 PM

Yeah, it does. My first game system was a Nintendo 64, when I was around 6 or 7, and I loved Mario and Yoshi. Especially "Yoshi's Island." :D I got it from Kohl's, though, and was surprised and happy that they had actually made a video game characters' t-shirt for girls finally!

Yoshi's island is my favorite game of all time! haha but I got mine on Super Nintendo lol

TK421

07-24-2009, 08:59 AM

thinkgeek and jinks have some great geek and gamer t-shirts for both men and women. They have a lot of hilarious content...too bad most of them are $19.99 a pop :(

chris2112

07-24-2009, 01:18 PM

The Legend of Zelda is the best game franchise ever! any Zelda fans? Jaissal.

Legend of Zelda "Majora's Mask" is like my 2nd favorite game of all time lol, what a creative masterpiece of a game... lol

jaissal

07-24-2009, 06:25 PM

yh majora's mask is great! i would even say better than ocarina of time. Love Twilight Princess! my display picture is artwork from the next one. prob coming next year.

Toney

07-25-2009, 01:04 PM

I've yet to meet a female stutterer.

Every female I've met all seem to speak freely and fluently.

vastsands

07-26-2009, 04:16 AM

many.When I enter a stutter class years ago,I met some beautiful female stutterer.

jaissal

07-26-2009, 11:10 AM

I haven't met a female who stutters. yet.

AstralMystic

07-27-2009, 07:58 AM

I am a stuttering female as well. Honestly it's interesting to see quite a number of ladies on this forum. Generally, I would found myself greatly outnumbered if I were to even join a support group of anything, just due to that old 4-1 ratio.

babblingbob

07-27-2009, 04:06 PM

I've personally never met another person who stutters.

kodiak

07-28-2009, 01:29 AM

I haven't met any other people that stutter either.

elliejelly

07-28-2009, 10:20 AM

yep, sure am a stuttering female :) also, I have never come across any other stutterers in my life so far - though my mother stutters after she takes her medication.. can't really count that!

about the period.. I have never taken notice, might next time. Would be very interesting if there were any changes!

GoodGuy

08-08-2009, 04:40 PM

Yup, I'd been to a speech therapy course centre thingy, and yeah, the girls were hawt. Teehee, it was still a bit odd how I was thinking that I was stilll out of their league by a long shot. I was like "there's no way in hell she's gonna get down with me.."

Stamr

04-13-2010, 02:12 AM

Anyone from canada, or better yet ontario? I feel like we need to start a stuttering group or something, a meet up? i dont know.

JustWanted2B

05-04-2010, 09:43 PM

there must be sure

fifi

05-07-2010, 09:07 PM

hello nice to meet u

Dinasaur

05-30-2010, 01:29 AM

i'm a stuttering girl!
haha....i dont know what else to say
i know quite a few stutterers, a few from school, and then some dudes from my stuttering group. only met 2 girls that stuttered before but i havent really had convos with them. yet to have one. that'll be interesting

Sssophie

06-05-2010, 07:42 PM

I have never met any one else who stutters, boy or girl. But when I went to a shop today, the girl at the cashregister stuttered on a word but I don't know if she does stutter or if she accidentally stuttered. I mean it happens every now and then.

Stamr

06-07-2010, 04:50 PM

Yeah, it really does seem like there are more male stutterers than female. Odd... I would love to meet another female that stutters lol

Israphel

06-09-2010, 01:04 AM

Yeah, it really does seem like there are more male stutterers than female. Odd... I would love to meet another female that stutters lol

I believe the male:female stuttering ratio is somewhere around 5:1 at adulthood.
I've only met one girl who stuttered. She has a moderate-heavy stutter and it gets even worse when she gets excited. The thing about it - she's always excited. My friend didn't want me to talk to her because I've been known to ruin relationships. After talking to her for a few weeks, she's a lot better off with controlling her stutter.

I feel so accomplished.

LAYLA

06-25-2010, 03:27 AM

i am a female ... and i stutter too :D

my friend is a stutterer , but in a different way and she can't control it

but we never talk about it ,,,, we have never brought it up

my fother stutters .. so does my litle brother .

and i think that my aunt stutters ,, but i don't know for sure i met her twice .

hummm .. i know a family which all of it people are stutteres .. but there is no relevance btween us .

thx for this , u really made my day

Leys Geddes

06-25-2010, 05:46 PM

There is a page 'Women Who Stutter: Our Stories' which you might like to look at. Incidentally, about four times more men than women stammer.

helena

06-26-2010, 08:01 AM

female!!!! nice to to know other women do....... i tend to rapidly babble stuff that builds up and ends up all wrong or go quiet to avoid the embarrassment and fidget which really gets me nowhere. Doing accents tend to work well for me. I don't really know why. Breathing is something i'm trying to learn how to do. Silly really as its the first thing you do.

helena

06-26-2010, 08:40 PM

Female here!!! *waves* nice to know i'm not the only one. I basically avoiding speaking totally or fidget which gets me nowhere or babble on really quickly and end up not getting my point across. It gets exhausting. Anything to avoid getting the mind block and stuttering. I basically don't know how to breathe properly when im asked a question or have to do something. It's habitual. It's really hard because i'm contantly getting asked if i'm alright or why i look p***** off when i'm not. Then i fear that people will think i am being rude when it's quite the opposite. I care what they are thinking. It's so frustrating. I was thinking of trying the mcguire programme. I'm absolutely fine sometimes too. Especially when doing accents. Which i have come to be rather god at now. Thank god i have a sense of humour. anyway i'm going to stop babbling now.

Dinasaur

06-28-2010, 03:09 AM

this is just a question to all the girls out there....

any advice on how to get a boy to like you?
with your stutter? (mine is pretty bad right now)

maverick75

06-29-2010, 08:50 PM

I've never met one in person, i would like to :)

berrylicious

06-30-2010, 07:22 AM

Another stuttering girl here :) I've also never met another person who stuttered until I sought out speech therapy in college. But then again I was fairly covert so its entirely possible that I've crossed paths with other stutterers who thought the same thing. but you wouldnt believe how relieved I was when I first met another PWS...it was almost like we shared the same life story haha.

The program I'm in now also has a very disproportionate number of girls, much greater than 4:1 in my estimate. Maybe girls are more likely to hide it? Not that it bothers me that girls are outnumbered, but it would be nice to have more female friends who know exactly what you're talking about when you've have a "bad" day and can lend their perspective/input.

fighter

07-01-2010, 02:53 PM

i did nt see any girl stutter

jamesradiant

07-05-2010, 03:53 PM

Hi folks, I'm with a video production company out of Atlanta and we're doing a documentary on women (ages 18-30ish) who stutter. There ARE social issues women experience that men do not, and women often don't meet or see other women who stutter, making them feel a little more isolated.

With that being said, we're looking for women in North America (US and Canada) with a moderate to severe stutter, fit inside our age demographic (ages 18-29 and English speaking), and are available to speak by phone for an interview and of course later be available for an on-camera interview. The women featured in the documentary will be PAID for their participation!

Our production company is Radiant3 Productions, visit us online at www.radiant3.com. To contact me to interview for the documentary, please email me at casting@radiant3.com. Thanks!

windsor

07-05-2010, 07:49 PM

hi corinke, i also am from Miami and stutter too.

aidansmama

07-05-2010, 11:52 PM

My daughter started stuttering at 2 and a half. I guess that makes her a developmental stutterer. My father and my younger brother both stutter so I'm assuming that's where she got it from.

Catitude

07-10-2010, 05:05 AM

*raises hand*

I've had a stammer since I was 5 and I'm a girl.

Debora

07-11-2010, 05:50 AM

Hi!

I'm stutter too!

I met many womans who stutter on support group here on Brasil.

Alaina

07-12-2010, 08:00 AM

I've stuttered since I first spoke as a child, and I have known a few people who stutter as well.
My husbands friend Dave stutters, my father stutters, my uncle stutters, my grandmother stutters, a friend I had in middle school (a girl) stuttered, and I've met other stutterers (mostly men) through my old retail job.

NenaLexxyy

07-28-2010, 05:51 AM

Lol I'm Alexis :) (a girl) & I have a mild stutter. I ca. Hide it but when I'm nervous or talking-to someone u might hear me slip from time to time.
Add me on I need more stuttering friends
Alexis VascOnez (spell how u c it) :)