Stereotype

Other people look at me and almost always think that I’m a very serious and dull, rather cold person when they look at me. I think it’s probably because of my relatively tall height and facial expression when I stay still. And indeed, I’m quite shy towards the people I don’t know, and sometimes can be rather stiff in my attitude. But when I’m with the people I know well, or have known them for a long time, I become completely loose and joke around like a clown. Most of the people that know me well afterwards tell me that on the outside I look so cool and calm, but when they know me I’m actually really hysteric.
I also have stereotypes about other people, and I do make a prediction about how that person might be like from my first sight unintentionally. But normally this stereotype constantly change, especially right after I hear them talking. Normally when I see thin people with glasses I tend to think that they are very studious. When I see thin and short boys I tend to think that they are very shy and have a hard time in socializing with other people. When I see girls with thick make-up I think that they are far from studying and like to party and shop. Basically I have all the typical stereotypes about people in their appearance, with some personal view added, depending on the way the person acts or moves. My stereotype tend to miss quite often, and that’s why I try not to form any opinions about a person when I’ve just have had a look at them without having a conversation. But I cannot help the imaginative character that I create inside my mind.
Stereotypes can be good in a way, because when a person knows certain stereotypes of the society, they can intentionally portray that stereotype in how they act and wear, to make a statement about themselves without words. This can also be used as a mark of a specific group of people. At other times, for people who know stereotypes very precisely and can judge a person at their first sight with accuracy, it will be beneficial for them in knowing what relationships to have with certain people. However, normally this is bad, because every person has a multiple face inside them, very irrelevant to what they seem on the outside. Therefore the best way is to try to ignore all the stereotypical notions, and make a logical and reasonable judgment after gathering enough information about the person.