Examples Of Stupid Stereotypes

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I am an example of many stereotypes. I am a girl who cannot throw, swim, or even walk in a straight line. However, unlike me, most girls can do those physically demanding activities. Similar to how most girls can throw, most people who play video games are not violent, vulgar, or stupid. The origin of people playing video games are violent and vulgar is easy to point out, a number of video games are violent and vulgar. However, the stupid stereotype’s origin is a mystery to me.

I thank video games for the majority of my vocabulary since I did not like to read until I was older. Nevertheless, my parents did not have a hard time tricking me. As I read all the words on the screen to understand the quest and the story told to me. I did not realize

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