Importance Of Stereotypes In The Classroom

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Behold! A typical middle class household with a set of parents, 3 kids; one of them being a boy in his early 20s. We see him sitting with his ever normal family, who seems to be discussing the current drop in oil prices, with no clue of what the boy is doing. On closer look, we see him grinning at a text from his girlfriend of two years, who is telling him how cute he looks in his new hair.
It’s not long before the family realizes that the boy is preoccupied with something other than their daily discussion at the dinner table. He gets a little hearing, filled with humor and then things go back to normal. Its almost as if, the family is in complete acceptance of this girlfriend.
I always wonder how its completely okay for guys, in most cases,

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