How to tell if your girlfriend is a psycho.

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yeah, perhaps that also comes from a place of fear? like, fear of the "hillbillies"?

It's actually something I've found that nearly everyone can partake in, but it won't be called on (unlike lots of other stereotypes with derisive connotations attached to isolate, trivialize, belittle and stigmatize people). Yeah, hillbillies, rednecks, and whatnot.

The unknown is always a contributor to fear, which can lead to group bashing, but you'd expect it to be different nowadays (developed countries), when everyone has access to the same communications and whatnot.

But nope, we'll deride you for being a certain way (even though said way doesn't actually harm anyone).

I shouldn't expect more though, as it seems to be a part of social behavior (other group different. That group may be threat. We attack said group).

yes, those things exist for a reason - they have been used as tools to help to reinforce the power dynamic between the dominant culture and the subjugated or less powerful people. this was because the people in the dominant culture were jealous of their power and it was a social tool to keep the lesser culture in line. this was not a conscious thing, more of like turning members of the otehr culture into the enemy to keep them in line on a subconscious level. i.e.

black fried chicken stereotype - arose during black slavery in the South
Jews being greedy - arose in europe when Jewish people were not allowed to be citizens or landowners
Hispanics in gangs - arose in U.S. when they were/are a poor minority, often with immigrant status from neighbouring countries
women being golddiggers - arose when women didn't hold powerful positions in business and didn't earn nearly as much as men - until recently there were many jobs they were not even allowed to do. until about 4 generations ago, they could not own land in many western countries either - not so long ago. so they had to marry into money.

except for the fat white person one (haven't heard it) and men all being jerks - those are more recent, possibly because of shifting power dynamics. it is very difficult for members of the group to fight stereotyping in action because every time one single member acts according to form, it reinforces the stereotype and every time someone acts in opposition to it, the evidence is ignored.

some people LIKE to stereotype others and make negative generalisations. they do it under the guise of "not being politically correct" but there is nothing "politically incorrect" about... being inaccurate in one's statements. perhaps it makes them feel powerful, as it seems to arise from a place of fear.

I dont have the time to look for one of those threads and those threads tend to be locked due to heavy discussions so itd be against the rules to make a quote.
I will however save this thread as a bookmark and link to it whenever you complain about females doing this very same thing in the future

It's actually something I've found that nearly everyone can partake in, but it won't be called on (unlike lots of other stereotypes with derisive connotations attached to isolate, trivialize, belittle and stigmatize people). Yeah, hillbillies, rednecks, and whatnot.

The unknown is always a contributor to fear, which can lead to group bashing, but you'd expect it to be different nowadays (developed countries), when everyone has access to the same communications and whatnot.

But nope, we'll deride you for being a certain way (even though said way doesn't actually harm anyone).

I shouldn't expect more though, as it seems to be a part of social behavior (other group
different. That group may be threat. We attack said group).