Stereotypes in general and gender stereotypes in particular may be helpful when there is a need to make quick estimates of how unknown individuals are likely to behave or when trying to understand how large groups of people generally differ from each other. However, these very same functions make stereotypes much less helpful in estimating the exact potential or evaluating the defining characteristics of specific individuals. 

 https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-psych-122216-011719

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