[Michael Towslee]

Jodie you are doing the right thing the right way. The best way to fight a stereotype is to mess with people’s perceptions so they have to examine them. I liken this proces to using a t.v. in the pre-cable days. When you wanted to change the channel or adjust the picture or sound you had to go over to the t.v. and make the t.v. the way you wanted it. You are doing the same thing. By not fitting into the preconceptions of friends and family you are forcing them to try to remake you and in that way you are engaging them in changing their own lives. We must remember that the basis of stereotypes is laziness. If you hold a stereotype then you can class an entire group of people into your already developed ideas. In this way you don’t have to take the time or make the effort to get to know the individual. Why should you deal with the person when you you already know what that person is like because of the stereotype that you hold about the group. Continue to mess with preconceptions even if you don’t mean to do it. In the long run you will be a better person, and if you get one person to examine and change their way of looking at people then you have accomplished something.

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Name : Michael Towslee, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : abstinent, Race : Human, Religion : unaffiliated, Age : 42, City : Tulsa, State : OK, Country : United States, Occupation : Management, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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