Paloma thinks that all gay men have a superior fashion sense. She knows that her chemistry professor is gay, and notices that he is not a particularly snappy dresser. She rationalizes this by saying, "well, he's a gay professor -they don't know how to dress that well." This is an example of how

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This scenario demonstrates subtyping, which is the process of creating a separate subgroup within a stereotype to account for people who do not fit the stereotype. By creating this subgroup ("gay professors"), Paloma is able to maintain her belief in the stereotype while accounting for the professor's behavior that does not fit it. This perpetuates the stereotype rather than challenging it, and may make it more difficult for Paloma to see members of that subgroup as individuals rather than representatives of the group stereotype.

Paloma Thinks That All Gay Men Have a Superior Fashion