A stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it.
Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that.
Something I say a lot when it comes to anti-feminist stereotypes is that they exist for a reason.
Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people.
I was a chubby, unathletic kid and conformed to every possible stereotype you could imagine of someone who would end up in public broadcasting.
The anti-equality right wing has interests. We have to learn to stand up for our interests. To seek purity is self-defeating and a stereotype in itself: women have to be pure, women are not concerned about money.
We have to learn to stand up for our interests. To seek purity is self-defeating and a stereotype in itself: women have to be pure, women are not concerned about money.
Im like my mother, I stereotype. Its faster.
There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype.
Metal has always been somewhat marginalized, and I love to prove the perception and stereotypes that go with it wrong.
If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well.
I guess the underlying principle might be, don't make it too easy for them to stereotype you.
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
There's a stereotype that to be a strong black woman is to be strong about being black.
Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one.
I'm often accused of 'going too far,' but I recognize that behind my desire to shock is an even stronger desire to evade the 'feminine' stereotype: 'You say women are afraid of mice? I'll show you! I'll eat the mouse!
