Appreciated, but this is the first sentence in your citation: > We examined the content of anime fan stereotypes in a sample of non-fans (N = 146). Self-identi

Appreciated, but this is the first sentence in your citation: > We examined the content of anime fan stereotypes in a sample of non-fans (N = 146). Self-identified non-fans of anime wrote about a prototypical anime fan and rated the prototype’s personality their desired social distance from the prototype. I think we can both see where conclusions drawn here might fail. Replace any human characteristic and have non-fans of that characteristic respond, and you’re likely to get similar results.