What causes men and women to assume the opposite sex is all alike?

Answer 1

i find that people seem to be attracted to only one type of person, so they usually flock to people with the same characteristics, which in turn leads them to believe in their mind that they are all the same when in fact it's just the ones they hang around, that are all the same.

Answer 2

I think when we get to a point in our lives where we look at relationships, we tend to think...all men/women...etc.. are alike. It has more to do with the fact that we tend to date the same kind of people. I think people need to look into what they think is their "type" and see if that is the problem. It certainly would be more productive than blaming all men/women.

Edit:

I read the other comments and me and JK definitely are on the same page with this :)

I also think that everyone one else's answers are right as well. Just a difference of views by all that lead us to our conclusions about the other gender, society, the media, our upbringing, our peers...etc.. it all has something to do with how we view each other.

Answer 3

I believe it is because we all have a particular type we go for. Whether we try to change there is likely to be an underlying characteristic that we find in the opposite sex. The more often we pick the more often we get the same outcome. Therefore, leading most to believe they're all alike.

Answer 4

To any rule there are exceptions, and no one really thinks all men/women are exactlly alike. But human/animal nature does allow you to make generalizations.

If someone says "Men use love to get sex and women use sex to get love."

Is this always true? No.

But trust me, it's true enough.

Answer 5

when you assume one gender or race or social class are all alike you get a benifit, you don't have to take the time to get to know someone, you don't have to have feelings you can feel powerfull cause you are so smart you know how someone is just by looking at them. when you use sterotypes you don't have to take a chance you are never wrong ect. the worst thing is that when you sterotype you are always wrong and always cheeted because you aren't taking the time to let people be whom they are/

Answer 6

Generalization...

Answer 7

I think it has a lot to do with an inability/unwillingness to sympathize. People generalize groups that differ from themselves because said group is unknown to them. It is the convenient thing to do: bunch people into groups and label them all as the same so that one can easily separate oneself from said group.

It is easy to keep others at a safe distance and below oneself if one generalizes them as "weak" or "stupid" or "stubborn".

Though this is human nature up to a point, those who excessively do this without trying to open their minds are usually compensating for insecurities or unsuccessful relationships with members of the aforementioned group.

Answer 8

Because they're all similar, but not necessarily all-alike(this applies to both sexes). There is definitely varying degrees of the similarities though, and of course the outliers.

Answer 9

I think it's because they have had a really bad relationship so they lash out at all of that particular gender. When you break up, even if you are male or female, you tend to take it out on the other gender.

Answer 10

They think and feel like a women but are trapped in a mans body or vice versa

Answer 11

Society.