Conforming to stereotypes

cantdecide

Which ones do you conform to and is it a good or bad thing?

Are you the full tree-hugging, veggie hippy with the yoga mat, leftie views and a propensity to use the word 'man', man? Are you the girl that prioritises shopping for clothes over paying the light bill? Are you the embarrassing Irish mammy that cooks everything to death and goes to mass twice a day?

Personally, I try to not let one aspect of my life dictate the others. Variety is important to me but the big one for me is I'm your typical motor obsessed bloke. I yack about cars/ bikes/ cars/ bikes constantly. Not that women can't be petrol heads but it's definitely more seen as a male thing and I very much conform to this stereotype. I like to be the driver and I usually won't ask for directions unless I have to. Put me in a car and I'm your typical bloke...

Driveby Dogboy

Dolby for me

I Heart Internet

I guess I'm a bit of a nerd. But, I try not to have cast-iron views on anyone and try (I emphasise try) to have an open mind about things.

Live and let live.

Unless you're a hippy. I focking HATE hippies!!!

cantdecide

cantdecide wrote: »

I yack about cars/ bikes/ cars/ bikes constantly. Not that women can't be petrol heads but it's definitely more seen as a male thing and I very much conform to this stereotype. I like to be the driver and I usually won't ask for directions unless I have to. Put me in a car and I'm your typical bloke...

Sounds like I'm also your typical bloke then!

I Heart Internet

Deleted User wrote: »

Sounds like I'm also your typical bloke then!

OP could be a butch lesbian. Which would be fine too.

gramar

Nothing wrong with being a sterotypical anything once it's natural.
If you like cars and driving then good for you.
Some people try to force their image though and it's very unappealing...look at me I'm a hippy...look at me my exhaust sounds like a tractor being gang-raped by a bunch of combines etc etc

Muise...

Who stereotypes themselves - isn't that something other people do?

Leave them off though, as it's always a giggle to destroy their impressions when they least expect it.

old hippy

I yam what I yam

seenitall

Muise... wrote: »

Who stereotypes themselves

The old hippy does.

cantdecide

Deleted User wrote: »

Sounds like I'm also your typical bloke then!

But can you slap the door while wolf whistling at the yungwans? It's takes more coordination than you'd think.

I Heart Internet wrote: »

OP could be a butch lesbian. Which would be fine too.

Close but no cigar...

gramar wrote: »

Some people try to force their image though and it's very unappealing...

I can't understand why anyone would restrict themselves like this. I always wonder if it's a wish to belong or something like that?

Muise...

seenitall wrote: »

The old hippy does.

oh

cantdecide

old hippy wrote: »

I yam what I yam

This is awkward, maaaan...



:pac:

cantdecide

cantdecide wrote: »

But can you slap the door while wolf whistling at the yungwans? It's takes more coordination than you'd think.

Yeh definitely something which requires a Phd in astrophysics that one.

Shenshen

Stereotypical ... hm.

A few things come to mind. As a nearly 40yo woman, I love cooking and baking. Especially when I can cook and bake for other people.

And I dislike cars. I have one and I do drive, but I hate the maintenance of it and while I understand the principle of the internal combustion engine, I wouldn't really know which screw goes where.

SweepTheLeg

I'm just a regular laid back guy, don't know what stereotype i'd fit.

MonstaMash

I am a stereotypical biker & proud of it...shaven head, full beard, heavily tattooed, beer belly, leather jacket & steel toe boots...but I also like to arrange flowers in my spare time

I Heart Internet

SweepTheLeg wrote: »

I'm just a regular laid back guy, don't know what stereotype i'd fit.

That's just typical of your sort! :cool:

cantdecide

I Heart Internet wrote: »

That's just typical of your sort! :cool:

Not to mention indecisiveness...

/looks at username

<.<

The Backwards Man

Aye.

old hippy

seenitall wrote: »

The old hippy does.

The old hippy is and ever shall be, for real. Man.

seenitall

old hippy wrote: »

The old hippy is and ever shall be, for real. Man.

That's soooo far out, dude. :cool:

jimgoose

I am Nerd, Biker, Agrarian, Grease-Monkey, Incompetent Philosopher, Surprisingly Talentless Singer, Imbiber of Porter, Typer of Shyte, Wearer of Clothes. I am all these and many more. A grown man should be able to service his own car, ride a motorcycle, con a ship, comfort a crying baby or an emotional woman, sit under a tree and write a haiku, knot a tie properly, make a shedload of money and then spend it on other people, drop a pint of porter in two slugs, and send a sliotar over the bar at fifty yard. Specialisation is for insects and sterotypes are for the school-yard.

old hippy

seenitall wrote: »

That's soooo far out, dude. :cool:

You're goddam right!

Legs.Eleven

I try not to embody the leftie stereotype but I do and I even cringe at myself sometimes with some of the stuff I come out with. It's all genuine but I'm not the only one to believe it.


I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't conform to some stereotype in some way, shape or form though. We're pack animals and you can't fight against that.

seenitall

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I try not to embody the leftie stereotype but I do and I even cringe at myself sometimes with some of the stuff I come out with. It's all genuine but I'm not the only one to believe it.

Well if you do Legs, then I definitely do. :eek: Never thought of that before!

My mother would have a right ol fit if she knew my takes on stuff these days!

Muise...

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't conform to some stereotype in some way, shape or form though. We're pack animals and you can't fight against that.

can you conform to several stereotypes then?

I think it's more a case of humans being animals who like to put other humans in pack categories as this makes them easier to sort out.

jimgoose

Muise... wrote: »

can you conform to several stereotypes then?...

Oh Hell yeah.

Legs.Eleven

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't conform to some stereotype in some way, shape or form though.

I think that's way too broad a statement though. Of course if I happen to be a woman who likes something like shopping (I hate shopping ) then I'm going to fall into the "women just love shopping" stereotype. No matter what you like or what you do - there will be a stereotype that you can be attached to somehow. That doesn't mean you conform to a stereotype though.

old hippy

Pink wristed bleeding heart PC loving do gooder liberal leftie loon and proud to be

salacious crumb

I'm pretty much a stereotypical hippy too. Man.
Except most people would think I was a metaller, and while I do enjoy some metal, I'm not actually a metaller

Karl Stein

I'm pissed.

Legs.Eleven

Muise... wrote: »

can you conform to several stereotypes then?

I think it's more a case of humans being animals who like to put other humans in pack categories as this makes them easier to sort out.

Yeah good point. If other didn't view me as the leftie stereotype, I wouldn't see myself that way in the first place.

And yeah, you can be viewed as a number of stereotypes alright. I was one in the eyes of the Liverpool fans sitting in an Irish bar on Sunday afternoon drinking Guinness wearing my Dublin jersey supporting the Dubs.


Again, as you said, I wouldn't have thought of myself as that if I didn't see myself through the eyes of others.


I find stereotypes very interesting.

salacious crumb

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

I'm pissed.

Drunk or off? :pac:

Legs.Eleven

Deleted User wrote: »

I think that's way too broad a statement though. Of course if I happen to be a woman who likes something like shopping (I hate shopping ) then I'm going to fall into the "women just love shopping" stereotype. No matter what you like or what you do - there will be a stereotype that you can be attached to somehow. That doesn't mean you conform to a stereotype though.

True. See my comment above.

Muise...

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Yeah good point. If other didn't view me as the leftie stereotype, I wouldn't see myself that way in the first place.

And yeah, you can be viewed as a number of stereotypes alright. I was one in the eyes of the Liverpool fans sitting in an Irish bar on Sunday afternoon drinking Guinness wearing my Dublin jersey supporting the Dubs.


Again, as you said, I wouldn't have thought of myself as that if I didn't see myself through the eyes of others.


I find stereotypes very interesting.

I prefer surprises.

Legs.Eleven

Deleted User wrote: »

I think that's way too broad a statement though. Of course if I happen to be a woman who likes something like shopping (I hate shopping ) then I'm going to fall into the "women just love shopping" stereotype. No matter what you like or what you do - there will be a stereotype that you can be attached to somehow. That doesn't mean you conform to a stereotype though.

Then again, I think we subconsciously have a need to belong and perhaps you conform to a stereotype without knowing?

I knit my own yoghurts.

Karl Stein

salacious crumb wrote: »

Drunk or off? :pac:

Smashed drunk and I'm going out looking for a fight now.

salacious crumb

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

Smashed drunk and I'm going out looking for a fight now.

That's nice

Czarcasm

I don't consciously conform to any stereotypes, but I do find that some people are very quick to label me as a particular stereotype based on a single post or a single comment or one single aspect of my behaviour.

Are "odd bastard", "unconscionable prick" or "incorrigible pervert" stereotypes or just labels?

jimgoose

Czarcasm wrote: »

...Are "odd bastard", "unconscionable prick" or "incorrigible pervert" stereotypes or just labels?

Australian political parties, I believe.

allibastor

cantdecide wrote: »

Which ones do you conform to and is it a good or bad thing?

Are you the full tree-hugging, veggie hippy with the yoga mat, leftie views and a propensity to use the word 'man', man? Are you the girl that prioritises shopping for clothes over paying the light bill? Are you the embarrassing Irish mammy that cooks everything to death and goes to mass twice a day?

Personally, I try to not let one aspect of my life dictate the others. Variety is important to me but the big one for me is I'm your typical motor obsessed bloke. I yack about cars/ bikes/ cars/ bikes constantly. Not that women can't be petrol heads but it's definitely more seen as a male thing and I very much conform to this stereotype. I like to be the driver and I usually won't ask for directions unless I have to. Put me in a car and I'm your typical bloke...

I had a few guys who work for me were late on thier first day for work as they missed a connecting flight.

The reason they missed it was they went to the pub before they checked in.
When I explained this to the client i was told" Ah, you irish are the same, we expect this"

That was a great day.

wazky

I'm a prick, and I do pricky things.

Am I conforming to my stereotype of being a prick?

cantdecide

wazky wrote: »

I'm a prick, and I do pricky things.

Am I conforming to my stereotype of being a prick?

A real prick wouldn't look for validation. I think you just need a hug...