Posted by one woman cine on January 17, 2007, at 7:31:06
In reply to Re: let me add -, posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on January 16, 2007, at 16:21:00
I totally understand your point, literature and fiction can enrich our lives and make us think.... but when generalizations are made about a group of people or a single person; it becomes very problematic....
This was the statment Auntie Mel made...
"Deneb, your mom is old school Chinese. What she is saying is pretty typical of mainland people from her generation."
Generalizations lead to stereotyping.
Bipolar people are like this....& drug addicts are like this -
or borderlines are like this - so read "Girl interrupted" - or "managing countertransference with borderlines".
I personally couldn't read the Bell Jar and say, oh well so-and-so is depressed so this is what she must be like. I can say, gee, this sounds like me and resonates with me, but I can't sit inside someone's skin and say the same thing.
IMO it is dangerous to make assumptions about anyone - if you can read a book and understand yourself better, fine.
It explicitly states in the FAQ about sensitivity and generalizing about people.
Making assumptions about others based upon tv/movies etc. leads to stereotyping, which is why I provided the link before to illustrate this.
I would not like to be categorized or have a generalization made about me by someone who read a book or saw a movie; thinking that was similiar to me - so that must be how I'm like....
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