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Re: Male to Female Ratio

From: Woody Starkweather
Date: 10/8/03
Time: 6:04:32 PM
Remote Name: 134.29.3.133

Comments

Hey Ken:

In addition to all those excellent points you made about the physical reasons why boys may stutter more than girls, there is probably also at least one psychological one: little boys, at a remarkably young age, seem to learn that they are supposed to be strong and not let fear, or other feelings show too much. Of course this is a generality and there are lots of exceptions, but on the whole I think it is true and probably doesn't help the little guys who are trying to deal with stuttering.

Woody

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