>Stuttering is associated with nervousness/anxiety which unfairly gets attributed to incompetence. You hit the nail on the head. I would personally say that this is the main reason why we are all mistreated throughout our lives in all areas. We worry about not stuttering because we know it's frowned upon because, as you said, the feeling of nervousness conveys an air of incompetence and automatically generates a certain repulsion, I'd say even unconsciously. It sucks.