unfortunately, i'd have to agree.
When i was younger, i was convinced stereotypes are stupid and non-representative propaganda negative images of population groups.
As i grew older, i found that there was a true core to many of them. Mind you, lots of "exceptions", but if even a third of a population group exhibits a certain behaiviour pattern/flaw, whereas only a much smaller part of the general population exhibits it, it will make the stereotype seem realistic.
So yeah, to my shame, i have to admit i let stereotypes guide my decisions to an extent, meanwhile. Not because i expect someone to fulfill them, but because i'm wary about the possibility they could fulfill them.
Is it normal the older I get the more I see stereotypes are true?
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unfortunately, i'd have to agree.
When i was younger, i was convinced stereotypes are stupid and non-representative propaganda negative images of population groups.
As i grew older, i found that there was a true core to many of them. Mind you, lots of "exceptions", but if even a third of a population group exhibits a certain behaiviour pattern/flaw, whereas only a much smaller part of the general population exhibits it, it will make the stereotype seem realistic.
So yeah, to my shame, i have to admit i let stereotypes guide my decisions to an extent, meanwhile. Not because i expect someone to fulfill them, but because i'm wary about the possibility they could fulfill them.