STEROTYPING on account of one's image? Are we ALL guilty?

My boyfriend and I had a heated argument last night about sterotyping and discrimination. Now, my point of view is that everyone stero-types....we all do it! Everyone! Now who is going to see a girl walk by at the mall, movies, etc dressed in all black from head to toe, has little devil symbol accessories with tons of black make up surrounding her eyes and think to themselves, ''she must just like black'', wouldnt our first impressions be that she is gothic or emo? Which there is nothing wrong with because chances are, we'd most likely be right. It's the same thing with


HOLLISTER giving off the ''preppy'' image


BIG CHAINS %26amp; GOLD TEETH teeth giving off the ''gangster'' image


alot of TATOOS giving off the ''bad'' or ''biker'' image and so on.


I mean sterotyping isnt all that wrong because each type of group that a person would be catergorized in dresses a certain way not ALL of them but there is an image for every group every where you go as it is in high school.

STEROTYPING on account of one's image? Are we ALL guilty?
it's true like women who dress like hookers and get mad when u call her a hooker....that's like stopping a person who is dressed as a police officer and them saying "i ain't no damn police officer"...
Reply:If stereotypes weren't true they wouldn't exist.
Reply:Hey Beautiful Mind,





All guilty. Once you realize that, then do something to adjust your view. We all like those nice little compartments that we put people into. Try judging only people that affect you, then judge them on how they treat you - and how you treat them.





I am guessing that you are a Female because you said 'boyfriend', but I could be wrong.
Reply:of course we stereotype


we may try not to judge,but yes,we do it...
Reply:We all stereotype whether we mean to or not. I try to stay away from all of that prejudice/racial discrimination and, as long as none of it leaves my lips, I think it's fine to note in my head. In every single culture people have been raised to think highly of some, badly of others, and everything else. Even with places... I stereotyped my friend's neighborhood not too long ago. She lives in Flint and we were walking her dog at twilight-- my gosh I was so freaked out at every car that passed... But I didn't say anything because that would mean I'm narrow-minded. So... that doesn't make any sense, does it?
Reply:No offense to your bf but what world did he come from? You are absolutely 100% correct. Stereotyping is so natural folks sometimes don't even know they are doing it. The problem arises when people pigeon whole people into stereotypes that aren't correct.
Reply:It's all how you look at it. We all stereotype to some extent. It's when you automatically assume the worst possible aspects are what a person is by the way they dress it's stereotyping in a bad way.





We should never assume anything about a person unless we have at least attempted to get to know them.
Reply:Everyone does it no matter who. A LOT of us try not to but in the end it's unavoidable because it is a part of our culture (which is learned over our lifetime... You can't control it.) No matter how contientious you are- you are one way or another going to fall back on or take from a sterotype to explain something or someone's behavior.





That doesn't mean that sterotypes are true but when you study sociology and anthropology the first thing your teacher is going to tell you is that sterotypes- while wildy inaccurate generally have a tiny grain of truth to them somewhere in the background.





Tell your boyfriend to take a pill. You're both right.
Reply:Unfortunally sterotyping is just a way of life, its not really a bad thing, but its true, everyone out there does it. And its kind of true, u wont find a guy dressed in all black wearing gothis make up listening to brittney spears or beenie man, he's more than likely going to be listening to slipknot or marilyn manson, most people liek to dress the part of their interests, mind u if you say me walking down the street u wouldnt know my type because i dont "dress the part" and there are alot of people out there that just dress "normally". I dress like a prep (am white) on my casual days, and all i listen to is reh\ggae and old school hip hop but to like at me you wouldnt be able to tell.
Reply:Stereotypes can convey common knowledge about people, although this may be wrong, it helps us to assess strangers.


On the other hand a stereotype can be of a prejudicial nature, causing unjust negative judgments about the other(s) in question.


I think everyone, including your boyfriend, uses the first type of mental processing - its a nutural phenomena of categorisation. Maybe he's talking about the second type - the negative. Maybe he doesn't use that.


What categories we place people into depends on our experience and learning. We all form a mental 'map of the world' - which translates into a 'mind map' - and use it to interpret phenomena. Not all such maps are negative however. We all stereotype in one way, but not necessarily the other.


You must appreciate that my definitions of "stereotype" may not be accepted by your boyfriend, and this could explain how we, or you if you don't agree with mine, might differ in opinion. Get him to define the word, and then assess his ideas. Maybe the disagreement is based on semantics, rather than opinion about factual matters per se! He might 'admit' to categorisation, but differentiate this from stereotyping in some way - perhaps he's more sophisticated than me.





Luke.
Reply:Although it's true, it seems that we all, to some degree, stereotype individuals on the basis of look, including dress, etc....





Some people change their style of dress, belief systems, etc.... quite often, especially during the teen years (when our minds seem to take on an expansion all of their own), and later on in lmidlife.





It may be a bit more difficult for us to put these people into one stereotypical category. Some people change with the wind, or so it seems.





Something to think about



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