I think raising has been mentioned earlier on because the op sounds like he folds to a lot of double barrels. If we call the flop intending to call off barrels on any non K A or 3 than flatting is much better. To keep the hand simple and try and win a small to medium pot raising is ok to. We are beat a lot of the times when either player calls, but then we can shut down and the raise on the flop would be all we lose. At times it can get checked down and we could have the winner too.

I have been thinking about the concept of raising to slow people down recently. In the million dollar cash game Phil Ivey barreled Allen Cunningham off aces when he lead out into him three times with 105o on a 669x9 board. Now that is Phil Ivey but other players do that to. with a hand like 77 in this spot I think that if u don't wanna be put in a spot where u have to call down barrels from an aggressive opponent, why not throw in a raise. You are definitely losing value from hands that he is gonna barrel but if ur hand is pretty marginal like the 77's in this spot, wont closing the action be an ok line to take considering the fact that you will be beat sometimes, sometimes they will catch up and sometimes one of the mentioned cards will peel off?