Posted by one woman cine on January 16, 2007, at 14:13:01
In reply to i'm not even in the mood » one woman cine, posted by karen_kay on January 16, 2007, at 13:37:35
> young (kinda, not so much anymore), white, female. what sort of stereotypes do you think i've encountered? how about at the auto parts store? or even better, any appliance store. going to get tools as presents, and i get treated like i have no idea what's going on.
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> is it fair? of course not. do i waste any time or energy trying to break this stereotype? not at all. it doesn't bother me becuase i know i'm not tool-stupid, or car-stupid, or appliance-stupid.
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> i personally find it frustrating when someone here is trying to help and they get tore a new one. how supportive is that?
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> i'm not saying we all have to agree. not at all. but, can't we have the attitude that people here are just trying to help the way they know how? and how about giving people the benefit of the doubt, instead of laying into them?
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> geez, are we trying to reinforce the stereotype that the mentally ill are confrontational and argumentative? because that's the way it seems here lately (not excluding myself of course.)
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> go ahead, let me have it then. and i really hope your day is going well (no sarcasm there, swear it!)
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Hmm, I think you are jumping to a conclusion about me - I wasn't ripping any one a "new one" or "laying into them" - I was bringing up a point about stereotypes. That's all.People interpret "support" differently. What one person sees as sarcastic, another sees as supportive.
I am only asking for sensitivity and civility in regard to generalizations, which is mentioned in the FAQ, which is what this site says it espouses.
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