Stereotypes and Other Crap

Let us first put a light on ‘STEREOTYPING’

It’s when someone says “ye log toh aise hi hote hai”

How often do we stereotype?

How much do we rely on these 'never should have existed' notions to judge people and conclude facts?

It’s ridiculously unfair and demeaning to slot people as a 'kind' just because they have something in common. Its disrespectful because that way one’s uniqueness as a human is not heeded and all doors to further explore a person and celebrate their individuality are rotted by those sticky notes [typical notion reminders] we hang on to every time.

 

I, for one, realized that most of us are already pros at judging people with our scarce knowledge about their 'type'.

 But what is a 'type' here? Well that has a huge range. It includes castes, place one belongs to or puts up, gender, orientation, body type and everything you can think of, that makes the one typecasting a racistically narrow minded piece of living meat who is so obvious about the world.

Lets hold it, not all men are dogs, not all fancy dressing girls are bitches, not every fat person is fat because they hog like a panda [even if they do, I am sure no one is stealing from your plate], not every person who frequently likes your ‘status’ posts on FB has a crush on you! Being a bitch is open to the whole human race, any one is open to be anything they please. BTW what do people mean when they say men are dogs? Dogs (the canine breed) are faithful, selfless and loving and always chasing bitches and..oh okay well!

So yeah, there is this fine line between stereotyping and being judgmental. You could use the signs you take note of to judge a person but just don't typecast anyone. You could think the topper of your class who wears huge glasses is a nerd, but it’s baseless when you start believing every person with huge glasses is a nerd.

Moreover such stereotypes make people be/do/not be/not do something, so that people assume them to be the thing that comes with it, like a man wouldn’t cry because its not how men are, a blonde dies her hair black because she doesn’t want people to think she’s dumb, or a guy gets piercing, tattoos and a leather jacket so people think he’s a badass!

 Not every iPhone user feels stupid of their decisions. Not every BB user is a professional, actually I know nobody who has a BB and a job too..!?!

Okay just kidding.

Long story short, ‘YE’ category ke saare log ek jaise nahi hote.