In article <Pine.OSF.4.21.0011031654010.11940-100000 at ermine.ox.ac.uk>,
Katherine Kaye <katherine.kaye at geography.oxford.ac.uk> wrote:
> B. Martin's response misses the point: yes, humans respond to
> stereotypes. That doesn't mean that the universal response implies that
> the stereotype doesn't exist.
I agree, but the original post cited a study that did not apparentyly
allow for the possibility that there was no gender-specific stereotype
at work.
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> The point is that stereotyping is just not new, cuts all ways, and
> underlying it all is not politics but simple morality. Teachers, do as you
> would be done by!
Obviously stereotyping is not new and obviously stereotyping has
negative consequences, but it is also not always the culprit for
gender- or race-related differences observed.
B. Martin
