Stereotypes

[3nipples]

You unlearn stereotypes with experience.

You overthink everything because you aren't confident/comfortable with yourself. This is also something that will change with experience.

 

[Fastdavy]

Antares,first of all I tell you to stop listening to the media all they do is to perpetuate the sterotypes.Think for yourself, ignore them and you will find that it will help.
Second,take everyone on a case by case basis,don't slip people into those slots that you are given.Although everyone is a 'type' of some sort,see beyond the obvious and and let them be people and the sterotypes will start to go away.It is a big battle,I have to fight myself even now not to do it.
Be the voice of reason

 

[Therobbyshow]

Easy way to unlearn strereotypes...get the TRUTH !

Most stereotypes are based on ignorance and stupidity.

 

[Blizzard0119]

I find that just talking to people can really do wonders at tearing down stereotypes; you find that anyone can break them. I myself seem to suprise people by playing hockey and being a lifeguard yet I can write poetry.

And like others say, "case by case basis",doing so will be a great aid in unlearning a stereotype.

 

[rotary]

Try to keep in mind that being gay means one thing and one thing only: you're attracted to the same sex. Period. Aside from that, we are all unique in every aspect of our lives. Heck, I have more in common with my straight friends than I do with my gay ones. Don't let your sexuality determine who you are; don't let it influence your actions by thinking you are supposed to behave a certain way just because vaginas are not your genitalia of choice.

 

[rotary]

Thank you for the correction, Happywill19

 

[JJFlame]

I'm not sure what the problem is here, although I know that this conversation in question is the one you overheard between me and my boyfriend on the phone in JUB chat... And yes, we do act very much like a straight couple, in that, a couple is a couple reguardless of which gender is involved. I think what you are so shocked to find was just how "normal" the coversation was... There's nothing "odd" or "different" about the way a gay couple interacts. You need to stop operating on stereotypes, mister.

 

[andaroo]

Just be yourself and do whatever YOU want to do. No matter who you are, you fit into someone's stereotype. Just try not to conform yourself or comprimise what you believe to be wrong, to be socially accepted. That's what I have based my life around and it has worked out.

 

[Aussieguy01]

I always used to sterotype people when i was in highschool , you had the populars the guys in the middle and the nerds , but i learnt that through experience and getting to know these people it didnt matter who they hung with they were an individual and learning more about them broke my steroetypical views. When i first realised i was gay i did alot of steroetyping i considered myself a "freak" and an "outcast" and different and a whole bunch of other stuff and it wasnt until i starteds chatting online to gay men and learning more about it my views changed.