Abaeze assumes that women are good cooks. However, his friend is a successful entrepreneur and hardly knows cooking. Abaeze reasons that his friend is an exception to the rule and her hectic schedule does not permit her to learn cooking. In the context of prejudice, this scenario exemplifies

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Subtyping occurs when people encounter someone who does not fit a stereotype and they create a subcategory to maintain the stereotype, as Abaeze does by considering his friend an exception.

Abaeze Assumes That Women Are Good Cooks