Do you feel that being female Asperger's was easier for you?

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No. I was never given a conclusive diagnosis until I was already an adult but even if I had gotten one earlier I can't say things would have been easier if I'd been male. I have no doubt that females and males can have very different experiences. More females do intend to be missed, some for what you stated but also because females tend to be better at social mimicry. Not getting a diagnosis does make it harder, since we're not given/offered help we desperately need, but is it any worse for an undiagnosed male? I'm not sure, I can't live the male experience to say for certain.

Not necessarily. It took longer for me to get diagnosed because we can (usually) mimic basic social interactions better than guys, do better in school, etc. But this also makes our expectations higher, because we seem more competent when we're really not much more competent, if at all.