10 An Illogical Look at Minorities

In this day and age of myriad cultures, subcultures and groups of people, in general, it can be rather easy to make assumptions about certain groups that simply do not make any sense.  I know this happens as a Gay man with outsiders asking me if my partner and I abide by male and female gender roles.  Naturally, if both partners are men, the heterosexual gender roles do not apply; but that kind of logic does not resonate with every person.  Hence an example of logical fallacies in dealing with a differing group of people.

But even I am not immune to such discrepancies.  Having never been personally acquainted with Little People, I personally have made some of my own illogical assumptions about that subculture.  The primary one concerning their love lives.  Even though I had seen several stories on television of Little People having romantic relationships and subsequent children, I had always assumed that people suffering from achondroplasia simply did not have sex lives.  I had thought that, as far as the anatomy went, such people were too small to make use of their biology in a practical manner for their own pleasure and beyond.  I had seen proof that such a group is not at all lacking in that department, but my mind could not get past such trivial ideas.  Hence my own illogical look at another group of people.

Granted, I think of mine as a more innocent idea, but such misunderstandings happen with all groups of people.  The best way to overcome this is education and exposure.  Nothing else will suffice.

Blessed be!