> But something tells me that there could also be some positive effects from actually wondering about the behavior of others and how you treat them, even if it’

> But something tells me that there could also be some positive effects from actually wondering about the behavior of others and how you treat them, even if it’s pigeonholing and preconceptions based on bogus research. I doubt it, any benefit (if there are any) will be FAR outweighed by the negative effects. It makes it way too easy to use the category as a excuse for bad behaviour. It makes it way too easy for someone believing it to put themself in a category while they do not fit any category in turn causing a ton a psychological stress, especially for teenagers in the puberty which could even cause long term negative after effects. It hinders a proper healthy society, because that requires people to work on themself instead of just excusing themself as being <color>. It hinders proper psychological care, self finding, self reflection/introspection. It messes with peoples life if applies at work. ...