In Defense of Stereotypes, Part 2: Why We Focus On The Bad

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In Part 1, we focused on how human nature is driven by two primary drives, the drive of self-preservation and the drive to spread our genes through reproduction. [...]

January 8th, 2008 | Posted in Behavior Theory, Race Theory | 11 Comments

In Defense of Stereotypes, Part 1: The Two Drives

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When I say that the tendency to stereotype isn’t all bad, and in fact is often a good thing, I get a lot of grief. The first thing people think is that I’m somehow anti-minority or pro-white, but everyone from a straight WASP male to a Wiccan black butch [...]

January 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Behavior Theory, Family Theory, Gender Role Theory, Relationships | 5 Comments