Individuals at this stage often use stereotypes; they want people to conform to their narrow expectations of what people should do and think (e.g., expecting someone to speak English if they are from the United States), or they believe that their place and/or way of life is better than others.
They narrow expectations.
The Obama era, for those who were most heavily invested in the brand of optimism he proffered in 2008, has been a period of narrowing expectations.
"The stereotype assumptions that create violence against women create very narrow expectations of what men should be like," says Rachel Krys, co-director of the End Violence Against Women coalition.
Now he's back, with "The Total Bent" (starting previews May 10, at the Public), another tale of a young black man straining for authenticity in a world ruled by narrow expectations.
Through Inanda's story, the book provides the first history of South African education focused on young women's experiences, demonstrating how generations used their training as teachers and health workers to challenge their society's narrow expectations of black women.
Or is it because the Western literary market, the most powerful and lucrative market for novels in the world, demands Arab literature to be political, refusing to accept any other kind of stories emerging from the region, while sparing Indian novels such narrow expectations?
In Wexler's sharp script and crude dialogue, Tony and his friends — the "faces" — are held fast by unyielding views on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and homosexuality, and Tony is forced to confront the pain and destruction that result from his family's and community's narrow expectations.
So officials are now narrowing expectations and defining the areas where there is agreement, such as the need to halt and then reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, although how and by which nations remain the subjects of intense dispute.
No, there's nothing subversive here – just a girl standing in front of some boys, asking them whether they'll live up to her very narrow expectations.
Then, of course, there was the uncomfortably narrow expectations of beauty that the pages promoted picture after picture of almost interchangeable white girls with long hair and good bodies.
