Race, culture, country, clique, status and or religion place certain expectations on the behaviour of individuals regardless of their type. Some of these social expectations can often be mapped into a Socionics type; for example, Germany seems rather ISTj-like in its overall expectations of their citizens although type distribution of the German population is no different from other countries. Public personas are worn like uniforms and they often obscure the determination of actual type. The need for such personas is an indication of intolerance for those outside the norm, and such requirements are undercurrents even among the most tolerant because they often look down their noses at those who're intolerant.

a.k.a. I/O