My lovely wife can handle a manual transmission. But she drives my Saturn Sky like a dump truck; no finesse.
Mine had the seemingly unbreakable habit of riding the clutch continuously while she drove. Of course it was my fault. She told me she preferred an automatic, but did I listen?
My wife has expressed interest in learning how to drive a manual.
One day I will put her in my Willys jeep and drop it in low range to see what happens.