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| Stereotypes Must Be Based On Something. |
| People often condemn stereotyping as a disgraceful thing to do and go to great lengths to avoid making them, often making the opposite to the stereotype in order to make some sort of statement. But there must be a basis to Stereotypes. Many Essex birds must be slappers, many Scousers must steal, more people from Norwich are inbred than other parts of the country, Scots were at some time generally tight-fisted. The key is knowing that just because someone is from Liverpool they are not necessarily thieves. |
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I am against Stereotyping as it is Prejudicial.
However, if I am to join in this free-association game, okay, I'll play:
Words:
Free-associating: "Blonde",
"Attention-Getter',
"helpless-female",
"child",
"exploited",
"just there because how she looks",
"zero expecations",
"distrusts others motives from past experience".
I still think Stereo-Typing is Prejudicial.
It takes away someone's right as an Individual to choose for themselves to be special and different
from everyone else and everyone else's expectations of what a blonde is like.
No one should suffer discrimination. It's just wrong. |
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I’m Jewish and Irish so I never pass up free liquor. |
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It has to based on something to exist. |
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Stereotypes are based on societal preconceptions; if someone doesn't fit in, you gotta kick them
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In every sterotype, there is an element of truth. |
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Naturally. There is no harm to stereotyping as we know it, but common sense prevails. |
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Yeah, I guess this is true, but the "truth" the stereotype is based on isn't always gospel truth
and in my experience, it's based more on the general opinion of society. And it is interesting,
I've always wondered the origins of stereotypes. |
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I write this because someone had a go at me at the weekend for making a stereotypical joke about
scourers. Her husband (from Liverpool) thought it was funny and had no problem. Her attitude
appeared to be that making a stereotypical remark was akin to boiling her dog. She said that all
stereotypes were designed to hold people back or some such twisted liberal nonsense.
It was a joke. But from that I thought why is stereotyping so bad. It must have some element of
truth behind them, they must have originated from somewhere. The only problem is if someone uses
them to prejudge an individual.
Just thought it was interesting, probably not though. |
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28 Apr 2008 16:38
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