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If this is true, why are jocks commonly viewed as unintelligent?
by uptownfunk 10y ago
If this is true, why are jocks commonly viewed as unintelligent?
- Jweb_Guru 10y agoStereotypes aren't always accurate.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoRight, the runners on my track/cross country team in high school were all top 10 students. Also, Ivy League schools recruit heavily based on athletics, but they still hold their recruits to high academic standards.
- lloyd-christmas 10y agoHigh school jocks are different than fitness minded adults.
- pcunite 10y agoDrug abuse
- Retra 10y agoEvery group is viewed as unintelligent by some other group.
- jschwartzi 10y agoWhy are all fat people so dumb?
- 0xcde4c3db 10y agoThe social categorization of an activity as "intelligent" or "unintelligent" is based primarily on bullshit stereotypes (including classist, sexist, and racist ones). The actual level of intellectual engagement involved in the activity has hardly anything to do with it.