Quote Originally Posted by squark View Post
Hmm. Thanks @nanashi. Well I guess I owe @BandD an apology then. I told him that when he says this kind of stuff that nobody is bothered by it because it's not personal. You've shown that I was wrong in thinking that. I assumed too much since it doesn't bother me. I know he says women want some muscular Chad etc all the time, but I've never read "all women" into those comments. It's just general stereotype kind of stuff. Like when someone says women are bad drivers, or white people can't dance, or whatever. I don't think you can erase the stereotypes anyone has formed in their mind, you can just be an exception to them.
yeah, you can confront people about the stereotypes. that's fine to do. It's also backed by research as useful and important to not just go along with stereotypes being uttered. You'd think stereotyping wouldn't affect ppl who understand it's just stereotyping..but the research shows the opposite. Sadly, it constantly affects people and decreases their interest in actions they wanted to do before the stereotyping.