Since the earlier studies published in the 1970s and 1980s, there has been limited This supports Silverman and Zimmer's (1982) earlier claims that stuttering might still be more of a problem for men than it isįor women, at least in the area of employment. States) found that the women ( n = 64) were less likely than the men ( n = 165) to believe that stuttering would have an adverse effect on employability and Interestingly, a more recent survey about experiences and perceptions relating toĮmployment ( Klein & Hood, 2004) of 232 participants recruited through the National Stuttering Association (United Speech therapy services in the 1970s ( Feldman, 1977). To be a possible contributing factor to an increase in women who stutter accessing The changing role of women in society was thought Have been less likely to access services for other reasons such as lack of finances For example, women may have been less affectedīy stuttering because of differences in participation in the workforce, and they may These research findings overall could be interpreted in a range of ways and need toīe viewed within the context of the time. Silverman and Zimmer (1982) also reported that, in therapy, women who stuttered preferred attitude normalizationĪctivities, whereas men preferred speech fluency activities. Suggesting that men experienced stuttering as more distressing than women. Were more likely to receive counseling or psychotherapy for their stutter, further A few years later, Silverman and Zimmer (1982) carried out interviews with both women and men who stuttered and reported that men Their stuttering as less disabling than the men. They proposed that the women may have viewed Higher levels of self-esteem than the men. Silverman and Zimmer (1979) compared groups of 10 women and 10 men and found that the women who stuttered had Indicating gender differences in the experience of stuttering. In the 1970s and 1980s, some studies comparing women and men who stutter yielded results Previous Research Into Experiences of Stuttering and Gender What is known about stuttering through research is likely to be skewed toward males On SLPs' caseloads and are less likely to be included in research studies. This has implicationsįor understanding stuttering and for clinical practice, because fewer women will be The bottom line is that there are fewer females who stutter. It may be linked with genetic factors females could be more resistant to inheritingĪ stutter and/or could have better recovery rates than males ( Yairi & Ambrose, 2005). It is unclear as to why stuttering is more common in males, but Craig, Hancock, Tran, Craig, and Peters (2002) reported an overall ratio of males to females who stutter at approximately 4:1 acrossĪll ages, with the ratio varying for different age groups: 3:1 for 2- to 10-year-olds,Ĥ:1 for 11- to 20-year-olds, 2.2:1 for 21- to 49-year-olds, and 1.4:1 for adults over Stuttering more commonly affects males than females ( Bloodstein & Bernstein Ratner, 2008).
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