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Stereotypes
2008-05-09 16:07:00 We tend to pigeonhole people into groups based on many different characteristics because very few of us have the time or the brain power to really get to know each other individually. Some stereotypes are fair. Some are funny. Here are a few that I think are worth mentioning:-Proud to be a Texan Guy - I love him, but he's obnoxious. Main stereotype characteristics include giant cowboy hat, "don't mess with Texas" bumper sticker, unreasonable loyalty to either a longhorn or an aggie(?), and takes great pride in the fact that he can eat fire in the form of a crescent shaped pepper. He uses phrases like "padna" and "druther". Likes to kill animals. Good guy.-Depends on his athletic ability to make him money Guy - Most all professional athletes and many former college football stars are this guy. Main stereotype characteristics include multiple tattoos with names of his children on some kind of shrub, speaks in the third person about himself, thinks a strip club is a perfectly...
Blowing Away Stereotypes
2008-04-29 04:00:00 Barack Obama just cannot make his comments about "bitter" small-town Americans who "cling to" guns or religion go away. And now the Wall Street Journal's Arthur Brooks makes a fact-based case for just how wrong Obama's comments are. According to the story , gun owners are happier in general than non-gun owning Americans. They earn more money and spend less time feeling "outraged" over the actions of others. Based on the tens of thousands of gun owners I've met, I'd say...(read more)
Overcoming The Autism Stereotypes
2008-04-27 07:00:00 As with anyone with a physical or mental disorder, autistic people deal with a wide range of reactions from others, from full support to uncaring ignorance. Unfortunately, even those who support autistic family members, co-workers, and friends may not understand autism very well. This leads to stereotypes, which can result in hatred, embarrassment, or other ...
By: Resources zone
Rethinking fat stereotypes
2008-04-24 17:44:00 Fatness isn?t always caused by inactivity and a scarfing down of Twinkies. As anyone who has struggled with weight will attest, weight loss and gain aren?t always simple matters of ?choice.? Here are some other reasons besides gluttony and sloth why one may be fat.
Is Linux Really Outgrowing Its Stereotypes? Does It Matter?
2008-04-23 05:30:00 Last month distro-review ran an article titled 10 ways that Linux is outgrowing the stereotype and becoming the best OS. While I agreed with all 10 points in the article something just didn't sit right with me. I bookmarked the article and gave it a good long think. My conclusion: the facts are correct but there are problems with both the premise and the goal of the article.
By: Server Tales
Is Linux Really Outgrowing Its Stereotypes? Does It Matter?
2008-04-23 05:30:00 Last month distro-review ran an article titled 10 ways that Linux is outgrowing the stereotype and becoming the best OS. While I agreed with all 10 points in the article something just didn't sit right with me. I bookmarked the article and gave it a good long think. My conclusion: the facts are correct but there are problems with both the premise and the goal of the article.
By: Server Tales
Paul Krugman Blasts Obama: Bitter Stereotypes
2008-04-18 16:43:00 Paul Krugman in his recent New York Times editorial titled: ?Clinging to Stereotypes? (April 18, 2008), attempted to dissect Barack Obama?s now famous ?bitter? quote. Making arguments that only a conservative pundit could, Krugman went line by line utilizing the most intellectually honest arguments. Not only were his opinions factually accurate, Paul Krugman transcended his own liberal elitism in... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.
Entrepreneurship stereotypes
2008-04-17 22:36:00 Or “Why all the mummies in the movies have problems walking?” I write an entrepreneurship blog for more than 3 years now. Writing the Small Business Entrepreneur blog also involves a lot of reading - I call it becoming more educate. Anyway the bottom line is that there are a lot of stereotypes when talking about entrepreneurship. And so do the mummies movies. I think in 99.99% of the movies I saw, all the mummies have a bad leg or some sort of walking disorder. I don’t know where this stereotype started from as I don’t know where all the stereotypes about entrepreneurship started. Take this one for example: most businesses will fail in the first years (first 5 as I know). Ok, so maybe yes, most of the businesses are closing down in 5 years, but does this mean they have failed? If you ask me, no. If I’m starting a company, it doesn’t mean I need to get it through the centuries. It should work as long as it serves the purposes for which it has been ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #10: Connections to Corporate
2008-04-17 12:36:00 This will be the last “personal brand stereotypes” post I do for a while, to make room for all the other special content I have lined up for all of you. I was thinking about doing a Greek stereotype post (fraternities and sororities) or a racial stereotype post (Black or Asian people), but today ...
Video of Typical Gym Stereotypes
2008-04-17 05:02:00 Are you ready to get real? If you work out at a public fitness gym, you’ll appreciate this video that shows the classic stereotypes, from cardio bunnies to muscle heads. If 14 percent of Americans go to the gym, then 86 percent of Americans DON’t go to the gym, probably because of the stereotypes we’ve created in this industry! Check out this hilarious video that shows all the health club stereotypes. Copyright 2008 by Supertraining blog.com. All Rights Reserved.
Personal Brand Stereotypes #9: Jews Have Big Noses and Bald Spots
2008-04-15 12:20:00 There will be one more post in this series, marking #10. Today, I wanted to bring out religion, so that maybe we could have a great discussion around the perception of Jews. Feel free to examine the information in this post, as well as my analysis and comment on it. This series ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #8: Choose Your Major Wisely
2008-04-14 13:16:00 The number one most important factor to employers selecting entry-level candidates is their major (44%). I think it’s pretty obvious why this carries the most weight. If you are a finance major applying for an entry-level position in marketing, it may be challenging to convince them that your experience and learnings can apply ...
?Send me your stereotypes?
2008-04-11 19:37:00 Another woman among the 100 most powerful women in the world is HM Queen Rania of Jordan (Number 80 on Forbes 100 Most powerful women of the world list and maybe not so significant but worth of mentioning - the third most beautiful woman in the world in the 2005 top ...
By: Islam for Women
Personal Brand Stereotypes #7: A Nice Car Means You?re Successful
2008-04-11 13:15:00 After dealing with ageism, I wanted to talk about social classes and how they are perceived by what they wear or what product brands they are attached to. James Bond drives an Aston Martin in many of his films, which includes the DB5 classic car and the Vanguish. You can’t tell me that those ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #6: Ageism Puts Gen-Y in Danger
2008-04-10 13:15:00 I hope everyone is enjoying this personal brand stereotype series. I think a lot of encounters we have with others go unnoticed and some of the ways we react to physical appearance can either hurt or help another person. The funny thing with personal branding is that sometimes you have little to no ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #5: Only Punks Wear Mohawks
2008-04-09 13:16:00 As we continue with the many personal brand stereotypes that plague our culture, I hope you’re being more observant as to people who are wearing pink shirts or glasses and are more understanding of their situation. No one wants to be made fun of or laughed at because of what they wear. People ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #4: The Hippie Phenomenon
2008-04-08 12:15:00 I’ve been running a series for the past week on personal brand stereotypes. The purpose of these posts is to demonstrate how we are already perceived by others, without even noticing it. Sometimes we are penalized or ostracized by society for choosing to wear and act how we do, and other times we are ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #3: The Curse of the Pink Shirt
2008-04-04 13:21:00 For all of you who are new to this series, my first post was about tall individuals are immediately called basketball players and my second post was about how glasses make you look smart. Today , I wanted to examine the curse of the pink shirt. Of course women can freely wear pink shirts, ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #2: Glasses Make You Look Smart
2008-04-03 13:12:00 The previous post in the personal brand stereotypes series examined why tall people are perceived as beingm basketball players, even when most don’t play sports. I also touched on how height may be a factor when confronting the opposite sex and why girls go for taller male counterparts. Today, I examine how ...
Personal Brand Stereotypes #1: Tall People Are Basketball Players
2008-04-02 12:30:00 This is the first post in a series of posts examining the many stereotypes our brands encounter due to our appearance. Today, I examine the “since you are tall you must play basketball” stereotype that some of us are a victim of. Don’t even deny it for a second. I will even admit to ...
YOUTUBE EXCLUSIVE: Send me your stereotypes
2008-04-02 01:04:00 Queen Rania is launching her presence on YouTube with this exclusive video.Watch the clip to hear her message to YouTubers everywhere, and then join in the conversation.
To Be Of Service: Your Political ?Duty?, as a Sexual Deviant?
2008-03-19 01:15:00 So many of the problems surrounding our modern, “sex is abuse” approach, spring forward from our action of trying to box the entire issue up into a, “sex is this” and “sex is not that” kind of indoctrination. …Does someone, somewhere “own” the patent on the entire idea of sex?… …Apparently, some people have fooled themselves into ...
By: Uncommon Sense
Passing stereotypes as fact
2008-03-13 04:27:00 An exemplary piece of writing appeared the Daily Titan, a paper run by students of California State University at Fullerton. I say exemplary because it would have been posted as an example of how not to write by my high school journalism teacher whose infamous red pen often doubled the weight of pages she ...
I Need to Believe?
2008-03-11 06:17:00 One of the biggest myths about atheists, is that “we believe in nothing”… …a statement which could not be more false. While I can not provide you with any “party line” list of “what atheists believe”, I can tell you that every atheist individual is unique, and holds trust in a variety of things. I, for one, trust ...
By: Uncommon Sense
BrightMinds To Destroy the Stereotypes
2008-03-09 22:28:00 Well, before destroying the stereotypes, let’s find some definition to it. If we ask “About.com” then Stereotype is “fixed impressions, exaggerated or preconceived ideas about particular social groups, usually based solely on physical appearance.” Stereotypes might be divided into positive and negative, stereotypes based on race or gender…The last one, gender, is the topic of our post. Alison Quill, who is the founder of BrightMinds and a former secondary school science teacher aims to reverse the stereotypical view, and tries to make evidences that not only boys are presented in lighter view at science but girls too. The very first thing she plans is to call the UK toy manufacturers.According to the SourceWire “I am fed-up with receiving chemistry sets or electronics kits to review with no girls’ photos on the box packaging – only the standard grey-haired, bespectacled, white-coated, male, mad professor” says Alison Quill. "I have even had construction products ...
By: BLOGVASION.COM
Children's Books without Toxic Stereotypes for Boys and Girls--
2008-03-08 17:29:00 In my view, there are many more "toxic" things in our world then chemicals. Sure, there are a whole host of toxic chemicals that are in our products, our air, and in our food that we need to learn more about, and protect our families from. But that is not what I am posted about today. I recently read the Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. This book points out what you have to be blind to have missed-- how marketers decide what your children should be interested in, do and buy based on their gender. Just take a look at any Pottery Barn catalog or a sale flier from Toys R Us. The girls are encouraged to shop, observe, care lots about houses, food, and taking care of babies. Boys are encouraged to explore, build, construct, and play sports. The Packaging of Girlhood is a great, informative and disturbing read. It shares specific information about marketing to different age groups: toddlers, little girls, pr...
By: Non-Toxic Kids
Children's Books without Toxic Stereotypes for Boys and Girls--
2008-03-08 17:29:00 In my view, there are many more "toxic" things in our world then chemicals. Sure, there are a whole host of toxic chemicals that are in our products, our air, and in our food that we need to learn more about, and protect our families from. But that is not what I am posted about today. I recently read the Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes, by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. This book points out what you have to be blind to have missed-- how marketers decide what your children should be interested in, do and buy based on their gender. Just take a look at any Pottery Barn catalog or a sale flier from Toys R Us. The girls are encouraged to shop, observe, care lots about houses, food, and taking care of babies. Boys are encouraged to explore, build, construct, and play sports. The Packaging of Girlhood is a great, informative and disturbing read. It shares specific information about marketing to different age groups: toddlers, little girls, pr...
By: Non-Toxic Kids
The nature of human attraction
2008-02-20 11:42:00 The following is a revised argument for Debate Guide. I would appreciate feedback on how it compares to the previous version (sexual character of humanity), and any possible improvements to be made. We, as humans are highly capable of separating the act of mating from sexuality itself. With our long life cycles and complex ...
By: Uncommon Sense
Stereotypes
2008-02-18 23:46:00 Everyday I come people who make judgements on other people, I found this off someone's bebo (I gotta find who it was), thought it was worth putting this up here. Have a read and let me know what you think...I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexicI'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.I'm BLACK, so I MUST carry a gun.I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be smart.I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser.I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS.I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch.I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control.I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.I'm an ATHEIST, so I MUST hate the world.I'm REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.I'm DEMOCRAT, so I MUSTmust not believe in being responsible.I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.I'm BISEXUAL, so I MUST be greedyI TAKE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be cra...
By: bunk7.com
Teaching Stereotypes to Kids: Mr. Rude is French and Stinks
2008-02-12 09:39:00 From AFP: “Mr Rude, a new Mr Men character with a French accent and a flatulence problem, is threatening to put the wind up Anglo-French relations, reports said Monday.The new bright orange cartoon is the first with a foreign accent to join the children’s book and television series, whose more traditional characters include Mr Happy and ...
By: France travel
Stereotypes of 55 nationalities
2008-01-22 05:26:00 Chris of nomad4ever has an interesting post on national stereotypes. He searched the net for what people think of each other, and I must say it's an eye-opener.While we Pinoys love to demean ourselves, it seems other nationalities have a kinder view of us than most of us think. At best, we're regarded as happy and fun-loving people. At worst, we're OA (overacting), neurotic and melodramatic. Which, in my opinion, isn't really that bad compared to how other nationalities are seen.So how does the rest of the world see us and our Southeast Asian brothers? Read below. (For the complete list of stereotypes of 55 nationalities, click here.)Filipinos - “region of natural and man-made disasters” (refers to the Philippines); religious; have large, extended families; neurotic; modest; love to watch soap operas; cars are old patched American jeeps (jeepneys); tricycles are everywhere; chaotic traffic; colorful; kidnapping of foreigners is a favorite past-time - besides cock-fighting; o...
By: Inner Sanctum
Racial Stereotypes Deeply Embedded in our Culture
2008-01-21 00:27:00 yahoo news: After a recent column describing Barack Obama as “a presidential candidate who happens to be black — not a black presidential candidate,” I received countless responses from readers, a handful of them odd. That odd handful declared they take no notice of superficial traits such as skin color, and they took me to task for making any reference to Obama’s race. “I thought of (Obama) as a person. I did not see black or white or Hispanic or that he was a man — I saw a person! If people really, truly want racial equality, then the first step has to be to STOP looking at skin color,” wrote one reader. “When I look at a person, the last thing I think about is skin color or heritage,” wrote another. Sorry, but I’m not buying it. While I am sympathetic to any desire to get past dated and useless habits of mind — especially the contentious politics of the color line — that’s just nonsense. None of us, bl...
By: Thought-Blender
Africa: Talking about "Tribe": Moving from Stereotypes to Analysis
2008-01-08 20:44:00 I have to say that overall the reporting of the crisis in Kenya has lacked depth and understanding. One particularly damaging word that was constantly in use was "tribal". This word has been used uncritically, perpetuating misleading stereotypes about Africans. Would we say that Europe is made up of tribes? Or that the English-French tensions within Canada is tribal conflict? Why not? It's about as sensible as assuming that Africa is made up of tribes. Well, apparently I'm not the only one irritated by this:The Kenyan election, wrote Jeffrey Gettleman for the New York Times in his December 31 dispatch from Nairobi, "seems to have tapped into an atavistic vein of tribal tension that always lay beneath the surface in Kenya but until now had not provoked widespread mayhem." Gettleman was not exceptional among those covering the post-election violence in his stress on "tribe." But his terminology was unusually explicit in revealing the assumption that such divisions are rooted in unch...
By: Red Jenny
Sexual Stereotypes Portrayed in Rap Music Videos Influence High-Risk Behavi
2008-01-07 00:00:00 This study sought to determine whether perceiving portrayals of sexual stereotypes in rap music videos was associated with adverse health outcomes among African American adolescent females.Read More
Breaking Stereotypes With 100dbs
2008-01-03 00:00:00 Hip-Hop has always been a place where duos have shined brightly. From DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince to UGK (RIP Pimp C) to Outkast, Hip-Hop’s foundation has been built in no small part by powerful pairings. With one major project already complet
Homeschooling according to our own stereotypes
2007-12-21 09:19:00 In a recent chat about our goals for homeschooling, someone mentioned they were hoping to “grow up to be like Dana.” It took me off guard, and I had an immediate desire to spill forth all my faults and shortcomings as a homeschooler. As a parent. As a wife. As a ...
French Hygiene and Stereotypes
2007-12-17 21:38:00 French Hygiene and StereotypesHygiene in France- if there is such a thing- is somewhat different than in most parts of the planet. I am in a position where I must state that the smelly French man stereotype really did come from somewhere. It is true- French people stink.Well, so do I. But I am a traveler and have eight years of Road crust growing over me. I must say that my pharamoans are a little different than most.My friends from Chile, a place where the people wash themselves almost obsessively, seem to find a little humor in the French cleaning habits. “You can smell some of these people from five kilometers away,” she said, and continued with, “The people open their mouths to laugh and they don’t have any teeth! They just have black holes and no teeth!” My friend then continued to tell me about a time when she went to a dentist in France and told him that she wanted her teeth cleaned. With a puzzled expression on his face, the French dentist asked her why in the worl...
?The Persecution Delusion? Delusion (A response to Wikisposure)
2007-12-17 03:59:00 Nobody likes to be called a bully?and how an individual or a group of people get into a position of power in which they can fill the shoes of ?the bully? is a cultural barometer used time and again to evaluate the actions of the great bullies of history?yet we have seen recently the rise ...
By: Uncommon Sense
Are people pressured into believing racial stereotypes?
2007-12-16 17:10:00 We’ve all heard about them-racial stereotypes. Maybe not using that title. I want you to sit here right now and think about all the stereotypes you have seen or heard of. It is surprising how many they are, and how untrue most of them are. Now, I’m not writing this article as a racist. I ...
By: Teen Magazine
Avoiding Landlord Stereotypes
2007-12-13 19:33:00 Simon Lagree Had it All Wrong Without doubt, being a landlord requires a certain mindset. Before actually owning rent houses, I was certain I didn’t want to participate based on our first experience as tenants. Right after the wedding, the mister and I moved into a lovely little duplex on the edge of town. We ...
The Choke Factor: How Stereotypes Affect Performance
2007-12-12 11:34:00 An Interesting article below to stimulate the brain on a Wednesday morning, interested in some feed back, Guy Kawasaki does a post on the same article have a look at his analysis, to me his summary is common sense, and does not do the article real justice. I look forward to your comments.How Stereotypes Shape Performance By S. Alexander Haslam, Jessica Salvatore, and Thomas KesslerUniversity of Exeter, UKEvery sports fan has vivid memories of key occasions on which a favorite team or player has 'choked' under pressure. And every student who has ever taken a standardized test knows what that kind of pressure feels like. What makes for high-pressure situations, and how do they influence performance? In the last decade such issues have been explored by social psychologists researching the phenomenon of stereotype threat. Their work shows not only that pressure can compromise performance, but that this dynamic is more common among members of negatively stereotyped social groups. Why?T...
55 Nations - Stereotypes that will Ruin or Make your Day
2007-11-26 12:53:00 Inspired by an idea of Mon earlier on this post, I searched the net far and wide to find the most common stereotypes about Nationalities. Generalizations about cultures or nationalities can be a source of pride, anger or simply bad jokes. Some people say that in all stereotype there is some basis in reality, as they ...
By: nomad4ever
Stereotypes About What Women Want
2007-11-21 01:49:00 Okay, Workerettes - help me out here. I just stumbled across this article about what we gals supposedly want from men and I'm stumped. Either the author is a bit confused or I and 90 percent of the women I know are far from stereotypical.Do you:Require a "surprise at least once a month"?"...believe in the fairytale and [will] look at most men in the first 30 seconds as if they could be the prince [they] have been looking for..."?Expect a man to be both controversial and sensitive? (In some circles, isn't a "sensitive" man controversial enough?)
Walking a Million Miles?
2007-11-13 04:37:00 Doctor Edward Brongersma once noted, the abrupt dismissal of his work (his research, books, etc) by a reporter… …The grounds, upon which this hasty dismissal was based, you might be wondering…was the simple fact that Dr. Brongersma, himself, was a passionately engaged member of the very class of people, who he was advocating (some would say, ...
By: Uncommon Sense
Pima GOP hold cigar night to fight Republican stereotypes
2007-11-09 19:54:00 Members of the Pima County Republican Party Cigar Club met last night at a local cigar shop to talk with fellow Republicans and help fight the traditional stereotypes that surround the GOP. In the smoke-filtered front room of the cigar shop, the crowd of men held lively discussions that contained very little backslapping and only a few outbursts of uncontrolled laughter.“My friends, we need your help fighting the stereotypes that plague our party,” said Vic Williams, one of the event organizers, “Please keep your cigar chomping to a minimum and we recommend only ordering scotch that is younger than 15 years.”The group of participants that meet every 2nd Thursday of the month exchanged hushed gasps in response to the Scotch comment. However, the overall reaction of the crowd appeared to be positive. These gentlemen appear to want to help fight the stereotypes. One of the members was seen taking off his top-hat and placing his monocle in his pocket.“If you are going to make ...
Time to End Mob Stereotypes?
2007-11-07 18:10:00 FIFTY YEARS AGO this fall, in the tiny town of Apalachin, near Binghamton, N.Y., Americans were unexpected guests at the coming-out party for organized crime. American popular culture has never been the same since then. Neither has the psyche of Italian-Americans. The Apalachin conclave of 1957 was the final event in a series of truly Byzantine shifts and alliances in the world of organized
You Have Been Randomly Selected!
2007-11-03 20:42:00 I was walking through airport security, making my way towards the land of the Nile, excited and a tad anxious. Nearing the security x-ray machines, ready to put my bag in, I noticed a grinning woman wearing airport uniform approach me. “Good-morning Madam!” she began, giving me no time to reply. “You have been randomly ...
By: Unique Muslimah
Despite Being Kicked Down By Some ?Muslim Men?, I Did Not Give Up
2007-11-02 20:35:00 I am a Muslim woman. I am proud to be one. I know my rights as a Muslim woman very well. And I know that Islam is a misunderstood religion. I have studied comparative religion extensively and I chose Islam to be my religion with full conviction. I was not forced to wear the hijab ...
By: Unique Muslimah
Into the Box, or Else?A comprehensive guide to female stereotypes in Pakist
2007-11-02 12:35:00 Raza Rumi The other day when my spouse complained for the umpteenth time about the peculiar attitudes of men towards their female counterparts in Pakistani workplaces, I had no option but to be blunt. ?You need to get real,? I yelled. ?You must shed all notions of human complexity when dealing with the Pakistani male. He?s a ...
A small Dictionary of Middle-East Stereotypes
2007-10-13 19:57:00 What with so many members of the media obscuring the facts rather than presenting them clearly, Laurent Murawiec thoughtfully provides us with a usage dictionary to help us interpret pro-Arab newspeople and commentators speaking and writing on the Middle East. He offers us the actual meaning of what appear on the surface to be common ...
By: Shimshon 9
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