"What comes to mind when you think of someone who stutters? Is that person male or female? Are they weak and nervous, or powerful and heroic? If you have a choice, would you like to marry them, introduce them to your friends or recommend them for a job? Your attitudes toward people who stutter may depend partly on what you think causes stuttering. If you think that stuttering is due to psychological causes, such as being nervous, research suggests that you are more likely to distance yourself from those who stutter and view them more negatively. I am a person who stutters and a doctoral candidate in speech, language and hearing sciences." ~ An extract from the follow article on theconversation.com https://theconversation.com/what-causes-stuttering-a-speech-pathology-researcher-explains-the-science-and-the-misconceptions-around-this-speech-disorder-193827