Just people afraid of others who are different from themselves
We group and see similarity. I cannot tell you how many times I have been with a platonic friend and they assume we are a couple.
We group and see similarity. I cannot tell you how many times I have been with a platonic friend and they assume we are a couple.
We group and see similarity. I cannot tell you how many times I have been with a platonic friend and they assume we are a couple.
After reading MANY of your posts, which I may say are in forums that don't include you , ask the girls , now the LGBT. Do you PS your name with I'm an asshole? Being serious. Do you purposefully post I'd forums where no one really gibes two cents an your opinion? Do you enjoy being "the guy" that starts shit? If so....get a life!
All stereotypes are rooted in truth.
The problem stems from assuming that this is true in every occurrence. Then it becomes a blanket statement, and no one likes those. People enjoy being themselves, whether it's flamboyant or subdued and laid back. But when I look at a group of flamboyant homosexual men, I don't automatically assume that all gay men are 'flaming homosexuals'. I also don't assume they're perpetuating said stereotypes. That's a very ignorant and ugly line of thinking. It's like justified ignorance, the same as saying, "Just look at this particular group. What do you expect us to think about them all?"
They're just people being themselves. Some are gonna fit into the stereotypes (that were in fact created by others, not themselves) and some aren't...but it's not fair to say they should expect it or bring it on themselves simply because they are in fact being themselves. I think this is where homophobia gets its roots. Shoving something into a stigma that you can easily recognize and generalize and therefore ridicule...with or without realizing it.
I've had people tell me that they don't believe I'm bisexual because I have no piercings or tattoos or that general 'rebel' vibe that goes along with being bisexual. In fact I've had people tell me they'd believe I was a full-blown 'femme' lesbian before they'd believe I was bisexual. I didn't fit the 'bisexual mold', so I was given another. People do this all the time. If you don't fit one mold or preconception, you're stuck in another. People see me as pretty and girly (which, by all appearances I am...or I can be), so they create roles for me that don't veer far from pretty and girly, sometimes regardless of my sexuality. Stereotypes exist because it's an easy way to create something that's easily identified. Anything that goes against that grain throws people off.
As I said before, stereotypes are rooted in truth. Just a very limited truth, in my opinion. And you can always find something to back up said stereotypes if you look for it, which is why they've been around for so long. Generalizing is easier than accepting differences.
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