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I personally take stereotypes as a challenge to prove someone wrong. I guess it is just how you respond to the stressors of a possible static constraint implie

• stephengillie 14y ago
  If I say "I'm going to analyze your traits and habits, and model your personality relative to those similar to you", I've observed that most people would tentatively agree to the process. However, if I say "I'm going to group you with your stereotype", most people become rebellious or contrary. "Stereotype" seems like a hot-button keyword. We react to the term, not to the concept behind it. Why?
  • pessimizer 14y ago
    Because "stereotype" != "analyze your traits and habits, and model your personality." That's called personality analysis and modelling. Stereotypes involve using unrelated culturally-bound flags to pretend like you've done a personality analysis on someone. It's not stereotyping to notice someone doesn't wear a lot of makeup, and then declare that that person doesn't like to wear makeup, at least in the contexts that you've seen them in. It's stereotyping to notice someone doesn't wear makeup, then declare them a lesbian.
  • astine 14y ago
    The phrase "similar to you," is vague enough to possibly connote an actual scientific bases of measurement. Eg you could be measuring people according to their intelligence percentile as opposed to their racial group. The term "stereotype" has a very specific meaning where people are compared archetypes of their racial, gendered, or social group, not something intrinsic to their personality or morality. Stereotypes can be very negative and so are viewed as generally unfair.