I really love what the other two commenters have said. But yes, I feel the same as you. I often respond to younger stutterers who post on this subreddit looking for guidance, support etc and I feel like I am a place of my journey that I can offer that and feel confident in who I am as a person who stutters, but as you said, I still feel like when I stutter, people look down on me. I have realized at my job that people call me "sweetie" not because I am a woman (I am a grown ass adult woman) but because I do not sound as smooth or confident as others when they speak. In other words, my speech does not sound like everyone else's so I am inherently and most often subconsciously looked down on by people in the public even though I know that I am intelligent and even well-spoken, most of the time. Thank you putting my feelings into words.