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From: Peter Reitzes
Date: 06 Oct 2005
Time: 07:51:30 -0500
Remote Name: 165.155.160.135
Colleen, thanks so much for your questions. You ask, “Do you think gender seems to have an effect on the desensitization processes?” Generally speaking, I think it really depends on the person and how ready he or she is to make significant changes. Having said that, I have noticed that at some of the self-help meetings and conferences it seems that there are a greater number of women attending than one might expect. When I was a regular member at the Manhattan stuttering group’s self-help meetings there would occasionally be as many women attending as men. As we all know, the research shows that males outnumber female stutterers about three or four to one. I am curious if nationwide there is a higher percentage of women attending self-help meetings than is represented in the overall stuttering population.