Recent questions tagged stereotypes

Description : Why are people so stereotypical these days?

Last Answer : We live in a democratic society. We tend to approach life as though everything must have the popular vote to succeed. It would follow, that people end up being clustered according to how they' ... to have forgotten how to take eack person/ocassion/object on their individual merits, or lack thereof.

Description : Women, have you really ever actually asked a man: "Does this dress make me look fat"?

Last Answer : Never have. I’ll ask how it looks and all, but I don’t remember ever asking if any dress or other clothing made me look fat.

Description : Why do old people always get stereotyped?

Last Answer : Not sure how old you are talking? I don't stereotype the,. At least not anymore. I don't know if I ever stereotyped them, but I felt like they were not part of my world kind of. Then I ... seem to have less of an idea of what exceeding a customers expectations is, but of course not all young people.

Description : Why are people from kentucky and tennessee considered "hillbillies"?

Last Answer : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly Check this out. Interesting

Description : Regarding women (not men) in the family, have you heard the phrase, "She got the beauty, I got the brains" as if the two are mutually exclusive.

Last Answer : These are all very interesting questions – I think it is a relatively new phenomenon that one of the sisters even gets ‘the smart one’ label.

Description : Are creative people more prone to substance abuse than others?

Last Answer : I honestly wonder if any studies have been done about this. The first thought that enters my head is how to define “creative people”. At this point, I’d say this has to be a generalization.

Description : As far as first impressions go, do you read much into what someone is wearing and use the stereotypes for the style that they are going for as to what type of person they are?

Last Answer : I do not. Be who you are. Wear whatever you feel like wearing. Do you really want to associate with people who judge you for the way dress?