It isn’t that hard! I taught two of my female offspring how to do it about an hour each.
I know. In fact, driving an automatic feels strange - like there’s nothing Ito do with half your feet and hands.
One of my former coworkers was planning a trip to Spain a few years ago. It was going to cost her about $500 more to rent a car with an automatic, so I taught her to drive a manual in an hour or less in a Nissan Sentra. She wasn’t expert, but she could get around without stalling (much) and could even start on a hill.
Every driver should know the basics of driving a stick shift.