Stuck in a stereotype?

[WriterofWords]

Let's see,,, stereotypes I'm stuck with:
1. I'm single so I'm a man-hater
2. I'm a teacher so I know nothing except how to pay for a piece of paper that says I can teach
3. I'm a teacher so I know everything
4. I'm conservative and low-key so I'm stuck up and think I'm better than everyone else
5. I also think I'm better than everyone else because I don't invite people over, (my house is a terminal mess)
6. I drive a big truck so I'm a redneck (that's true)
7. I'm single so I can chew nails and spit tacks and don't need help with anything and will gladly run to help anyone else
8. I'm single so don't let your husbands near me.......
9. I'm single so I MUST be on the hunt for a husband and everyone knows the perfect man for me
10. I'm single so I'm gay (so you worry about your husband why??)
11. I'm expected to know any and all answers about anything at anytime and I don't mind you calling me at midnight to ask what the capital of Timbuktu is!
Those are the nicer ones

The one that bothers me the most though,, that I'm hard-hearted because I don't cry at the drop of a hat

 

[debilorrah]

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Dude!!!

 

[MaggieRae]

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I was just thinking about this today. Larger, indirect words tend to appear as more intelligent, but they really just show an enlarged vocabulary. Anyone can grow their vocabulary purely by reading books. Classics, pleasure reads, anything will do. So why place such significance on something that can so easily be maneuvered? I read quite a bit and love classics so I unintentionally use more copious terms. The social stigma that a considerable vocabulary shows intelligence is silly. Why use words that walk around an issue? They sound so passive.

 

[MaggieRae]

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That last one killed me early on in high school. If a girl cried because she 'forgot' an assignment at home and turned on the hysterics, she got the extra time to do it and turn it in. I find crying at the drop of the hat to be a useless waste of salt and water. Both have better uses. I got the fifties for only having done 47 of the 51 problems.

Perhaps I can be a bit prideful at times...

 

[WriterofWords]

I was raised to NOT show emotion in public,, if you wanted to get upset fine,, go in the back room, in the back closet, hide under a heavy coat,, scream, cry, whatever just be composed when you come back out and never ever cause a scene in public. So when I don't cry at funerals or such I'm frigid.
I had trouble with those girls too,, boo hoo their way to an A and I had to work for it!!

Meant to say earlier Boyd,, I've never seen you as any of those descriptors!

 

[BarkerChickens]

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Dude!!!

It's ok, Debi. We can be strange together (and some desert rats....well, I gotta agree

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Stereotypes....
I'm smart, so therefore, I have no life experience.

I live in the desert, so I am strange.

...I had too! And, I can't fully argue it either.

I live in the desert...with chickens, therefore I am an uneducated redneck. (I am quite educated, thank you very much! And DH prefers "country", "down to earth", or "in touch with the land"...not redneck. I've been called hippie too... I kinda agree with all of them in some ways, but definitely not uneducated.

I have a good memory for things I learn, so therefore I am a know-it-all.

I a geologist, so I must be an alcoholic. (Yes, I am a geologist, Yes I drink beer....that does not make me an alcoholic). See this site ...Hilarious!! while exaggerated..I can't argue with a lot of it!

I'm nerdy (I'll accept that), so therefore, I am naive, prudish and probably easily offended. (On the contrary...see the geologist section!)

 

[Sunny the Hippie Chick]

Well the stereotype that I have to live down is:

Every one calls me a Hippie. Well maybe I am. I like Tie-dye T-shirts. Always have. Cut off jeans for shorts. Why pay more for only half a pair of pants. And shoes.. I hate shoes.. I would rather walk barefoot, and I do in the warmer months. I even drive barefoot. I just take flip flops with me so I can go in stores. What doesnt help either is my real name is Sunshine..

But with people calling me a hippie for those above things. People start to think I do other hippie things like Drugs and stuff. But I am as clean as they come there. I dont drink, I dont smoke, I dont do drugs and I dont go to partys. Im actually quiet boring. Another hippie thing I dont to is what they call free love. I am a one man girl..

Another thing is that in high school I never had a boyfriend. Some people thought I liked girls.. Well why would I want a boyfriend in school. School work was more important than worrying about a guy.. Well to the shock of all my classmates, Im married and have 2 kids now..

Also I like trucks over cars.. No not the low rider kind either.. The 4x4 kind.. So some call me a redneck for that. Plus my family is hunters. I helped skin my first deer when I was really young..

TomBoy is another stereotype I had. I always wore tshirt and jeans. Climbed trees. Didnt care to get dirty.. Those were the fun days. Catching salamanders and frogs.. Spiders too.. You wont believe how many boys I scared with a garder snake I caught..

My one friend calls me a Redneck Hippie if that is even possible..

Edited because I cant spell today.. LOL

 

[Morri]

Although i come from Australia and there is no "redkneck" stereotype, I find this thread strangly addicting and the most entertaining ever.....

oh and because i love my chickens more than most people I automatically am part of the "bogan" (australian redkneck) tribe..... oh and ofcourse it doesnt help that i find pride in wearing hay covered trackies and singlets to the supermarket...

ETA: also as i live on a hillside (which is way more beautiful than living in concrete-mania) i am a hill billy
and because i am a vegetarian i am going to die of anorexia or melnutrition sometime soon......

why do we bother grouping people??? we are all different anyway.....

 

[debilorrah]

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Dude!!!

It's ok, Debi. We can be strange together (and some desert rats....well, I gotta agree

).


Stereotypes....
I'm smart, so therefore, I have no life experience.

I live in the desert, so I am strange.

...I had too! And, I can't fully argue it either.

I live in the desert...with chickens, therefore I am an uneducated redneck. (I am quite educated, thank you very much! And DH prefers "country", "down to earth", or "in touch with the land"...not redneck. I've been called hippie too... I kinda agree with all of them in some ways, but definitely not uneducated.

I have a good memory for things I learn, so therefore I am a know-it-all.

I a geologist, so I must be an alcoholic. (Yes, I am a geologist, Yes I drink beer....that does not make me an alcoholic). See this site ...Hilarious!! while exaggerated..I can't argue with a lot of it!

I'm nerdy (I'll accept that), so therefore, I am naive, prudish and probably easily offended. (On the contrary...see the geologist section!)

Wel according to that site I am a geologist!!!!! LOL!!!!

 

[fancbrd4me02]

Stereotypes...hmmmm. I think the first one is being stereotyped as a crazy person because I live in california. Being stereotyped as a crazy person or uneducated because I love chickens. Also, everyone assumes that because I am married and no spring chicken I must have children and they must be in grade school by now.