My misogyny

[Rahul]

There are accurate stereotypes and inaccurate ones. Stereotype is not by definition true or false. But one based on "general observation" as you and Kereli have raised, are inherently unscientific and holds no water.

Splitting hairs. Stereotypes are an adaptive generalization because humans can't know the exact details of every individual that is alive. They exist because they are usually accurate. Science be damned. Humans created a lot of adaptive mental constructions that assisted our survival before the modern scientific method was created. Stereotypes are accurate more often than they are false.

Scientifically accurate? Maybe not. Holds water? Yep.

Are there individuals that go against stereotypes? Of course. It doesn't change the fact that for the most part stereotypes fit.

Simply because of sample bias and personal bias. I posted 2 articles just a page back that discussed findings about men gossiping as much as women do but in a different way, yet the cultural consensus is that women gossip more than men.

Some are played up for laughs. We all learn in school that True/False questions should be considered false if absolute words like 'always' or 'never' are contained in a statement. Just because you can locate one stereotype as being plausibly incorrect does not negate the fact that stereotypes exist because A) they are usually correct and B) they help us in some manner.