cultural norms – Wandering Joy

January 30, 2012March 24, 2015

more reflections on generalizations

People often generalize as a form of self-protection when boundaries are violated. They reason that if you swear off all members of a group representative of the person who hurt you, you are less likely to be hurt again. Continue reading more reflections on generalizations

January 18, 2012March 24, 2015

generalizations

It’s interesting that we only object to negative stereotypes. If I said Dominican women are beautiful (which they are!), I doubt anyone would be like, ‘no, no. I have this one really ugly, fat cousin. So don’t say that they’re all beautiful!’ Continue reading generalizations