Why do people feel the need to stereotype people?

Does it stem from ignorance? Or do people just insist on classifiying everybody else?

a lot of people also steretype themselves
and then theres a lot of people who are confused about it
like all the idiots who go around calling everyone in black an emo
and every emo a cutter
this does come from ignorence, arrogence, and just plain stupidity
people like that dont really keep an iopen mingd.
if they dont like it, it must be bad.
they also do it because (somehow) it makes them feel better and bigger
but theres also a lot of people that arnt like that

well classification is human nature, we do it to save on memory space, and so we can work with a lot of information...

it becomes a problem when people forget that stereotypes are broad generalizations and that people are individuals... in addition these negative stereotypes stem from ignorance and fear of the unknown...

NOBODY should sit around and stero type people and nobody needs to encourage it either! It just makes people feel bad or too arogant!

Its human nature to group things that are alike. When you see a guy with a cut of jacket, tatoos and long hair, do you think biker or banker? If you don't want to be stereotyped don't fit the profile, otherwise you will be. Right or not its not going to change any time soon.

its just life. its how it is.. like you ssee a girl dressed in black anf black EVERYTHING.. you think 'goth' then you see a girl all in pink, you think 'prep' it iz how it iz..

yea its pretty much how it goes. part of it is ignorance, but as humans, we create "theories" or assumptions for things that we really dont know that much about. so basically everybody does it, if you think of most of the common stereotypes that are known, you can pretty much find a little bit of truth in most of them as messed up as it is. but it is also true that once you take the time to learn some more about something, you tend to have a different opinion, and thats whats wrong with this world sometimes.

it's becouse there idoits,
but hey,
every one does it,
some without realizing it.