2025 RationalWiki 'Oregon Plan' Fundraiser

There is no RationalWiki without you. We are a small non-profit with no staff—we are hundreds of volunteers who document pseudoscience and crankery around the world every day. We will never allow ads because we must remain independent. We cannot rely on big donors with corresponding big agendas. We are not the largest website around, but we believe we play an important role in defending truth and objectivity.

Fighting pseudoscience isn't free.
We are 100% user-supported! Help and donate $5, $10, $20 or whatever you can today with PayPal Logo.png!
Donations so far: $2973.89Goal: $10000

Category:Stereotypes

From RationalWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Stereotypes are cultural constructions with the premise that, knowing one thing about a person, we know another, unrelated one.

They are most commonly assigned to sexual contexts, national origins, and religious beliefs, but turn up pretty much everywhere in life. Stereotypes include: age, hair color, muscle mass, what school one went to, occupation, brand of car one drives, dietary preferences, politics (assuming one idea from knowing another), you name it.