Publicly, she retains the corporate image of a sweet, bustling old woman who often slips into the stereotype of a hapless grandmother ( she wears antiquated clothes that greatly accentuate her bust and general figure, while using rustic similes and metaphors such as " squeaking like an old screen door ").

Negative stereotypes are similarly threats in that individuals anticipate negative behaviour from outgroup members in line with the perceived stereotype, for example, that the outgroup is violent.

An ethnic stereotype is a generalized representation of an ethnic group, composed of what are thought to be typical characteristics of members of the group.

More positive representations of the stereotype might include the role played by members of the court in the development of politeness and the arts.

As its name implies, DFLA aims to encompass members of the Democratic Party who are pro-life, cutting against the stereotype that Democrats are naturally pro-choice and that those who are pro-life are naturally Republicans.

The stereotype of cruel, unwelcoming clique members is well supported in some cases, but other cliques are more open to drifters.

The Shoun character has been criticised as a racial stereotype, a charge that has also been levelled at other aspects of the series such as depicting Italians as members of the Mafia, Arabs as Islamists and Americans as jingoistic warmongers.

He has been described as a stereotype of Turkish people by several people, including members of the Retronauts podcast.

Angst, in contemporary connotative use, most often describes the intense frustration and other emotions of teenagers and the mood of the music and art with which they identify in accordance with adult stereotype.

The tendency of penguins to form large groups feeds the stereotype that they all look exactly alike, a popular notion exploited by cartoonists such as Gary Larson.

Larger cities may have more than one, but this term appears to come from around the 17th century ; in the stereotype, when a city grows large enough to house a sufficient mass of town drunks, the area where they congregate becomes known as Skid Row.

The mourning daughters beside the tomb are not meant to be lifelike representations of her actual daughters, Anne, Frances and Elizabeth ; they conform to a stereotype often observed on grand monuments of this kind.

Nevertheless, the Michiganders ′ faith that they speak an accentless variety is just an extreme version of the general stereotype of Midwestern English.

Furthermore, the model minority concept can be emotionally damaging to Asian Americans, particularly since they are expected to live up to those peers who fit the stereotype.

Nowadays, however, there is often friction between the two communities, and travelling showmen have been known to distance themselves from the gypsy community ( by not using Polari, for example ) because they feel that the negative stereotype that the British public holds towards the gypsy community could adversely affect their business.

When the show aired in the United States on the 2007 Transgender Day of Remembrance, trans author Julia Serano noted, " Programs like ' There's Something About Miriam ' not only reinforce the stereotype that trans people's birth sex is ' real ' and our identified / lived sex is ' fake ,' but they perpetuate the myth of deception and thus enable violence against us.

Scale 1 ( AKA the Hypochondriasis Scale ): Measures a person's perception and preoccupation with their health and health issues., Scale 2 ( AKA the Depression Scale ): Measures a person's depressive symptoms level., Scale 3 ( AKA the Hysteria Scale ): Measures the emotionality of a person., Scale 4 ( AKA the Psychopathic Deviate Scale ): Measures a person's need for control or their rebellion against control., Scale 5 ( AKA the Femininity / Masculinity Scale ): Measures a stereotype of a person and how they compare.

There is a long-standing stereotype of insecure actors desiring a close-up at every opportunity and counting the number of close-ups they received.

Playing into the stereotype of Bensonhurst, they are told that they don't serve their kind and to go back to Bensonhurst.

When French people want to picture themselves as " the typical average Frenchman " in France or in a foreign country, they often use this stereotype from Anglo-Saxon countries.

It could also be said that they each represent a different stereotype of witches: Granny is the classic fairy tale witch, Nanny the village wise woman and Magrat the modern romantic Wiccan.

Nevertheless, despite the stereotype, in Arsenal's first title-winning season of 1930 – 31, they scored 127 goals in the League, which still stands as a club record to this day.

She lived with them, and they were taking care of her, and they were about seventy years old ..." By being willing to let go the stereotype about a person with AIDS, she was able to help this women more effectively.

By the mid-20th century, however, the dialect and the " old Uncle " stereotype of the narrator, was considered politically incorrect and demeaning by many African-American people, on account of what they considered to be racist and patronizing attitudes toward African-Americans.

Moccasins are a derogatory stereotype for the western suburbs of Melbourne ; implying a lack of class, culture and sophistication even though they are commonly used elsewhere in Australia.

As cited by Lyness and Thompson in 1997, one consequence of sex stereotypes is that women's achievements tend to be devalued or attributed to luck or effort rather than ability or skill, and therefore this stereotype has the potential to reduce the organizational awards that they receive.

One common stereotype of Imazighen is that they, Imazighen, are solely light complexioned, never mixed with their fellow Africans and were of Arab extraction.

In his remarks on the Senate floor, Bayh said, " We are all familiar with the stereotype of women as pretty things who go to college to find a husband, go on to graduate school because they want a more interesting husband, and finally marry, have children, and never work again.

While the following consonantal features are central to the common stereotype of a " New York accent ", they are not nearly as ubiquitous in New York as many might assume.

One stereotype of spinsters that appears frequently in literature is that they are downtrodden or spineless women who were victims of an oppressive parent.

Thompson, who is openly gay, has always directly confronted charges that Buddy is a homophobic stereotype.

Her popularity in terms of comedy came from her interviewing technique: she was always forthright, brash and loud, conforming to the British stereotype of an American.

The stereotype of the Poilu was of bravery and endurance, but not always of unquestioning obedience.

Deitch states that, being a member of the UPA, he has always had a personal dislike of Tom and Jerry, citing them as the " primary bad example of senseless violence-humor based on pain-attack and revenge-to say nothing of the tasteless use of a headless black woman stereotype house servant.

" In modern everyday English ," the New Oxford American Dictionary says, " spinster cannot be used to mean simply ' unmarried woman '; it is now always a derogatory term, referring or alluding to a stereotype of an older woman who is unmarried, childless, prissy, and repressed.

Although the character he played was often the subject of controversy in later years for containing elements of the " pickaninny " stereotype, Thomas always defended his work in the series, pointing out that Buckwheat and the rest of the black Our Gang kids were treated as equals to the white kids in the series.

Jewish writers had previously employed a stereotype of an overbearing matron, but its focus had always been not the woman, but the ineffectual man whom she dominated, out of necessity.

Deitch states that, being a member of the UPA, he has always had a personal dislike of Tom and Jerry, citing them as the " primary bad example of senseless violence-humor based on pain-attack and revenge-to say nothing of the tasteless use of a headless black woman stereotype house servant.

The stereotype is often, though not always, the basis for antisemitic jokes both inside and outside the Jewish community.

One stereotype perceives Ah Bengs wearing flamboyant shirts, for example, with colorful decorations-especially dragons, tight jeans and always carrying plastic combs.

At first, he appears to fit the stereotype as he comes off as arrogant and self-centered, but he is actually a very well-meaning and honest person who always does the right thing in the end, despite his faults.