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- You don’t name-call: Of course you do! When you say that someone is kind, male, a Christian, a badass, a gent, a Warriors fan, a CPA, realtor or doctor, you’re name-calling.
- People hate to be called names: We love a label that makes it easy for people to recognize us. We even dress to be stereotyped like that, sending social mating calls to like-minded people and people who could use a person like us.
- Negative name-calling is always bad: Is it OK to call Stalin an evil man? A con artist who has ripped off everyone on your block a con artist? Should you call a pedophile a pedophile?
- Name-callers are bad people so you can ignore what they say: “Name-caller” is a name. If someone calls you a name-caller, they’re a name-caller.
Even within a single culture, names can be common or rare, they can have certain positive or negative connotations in terms of their meaning, and they can be seen as appealing or unfashionable...
We identify ourselves by names: family names, nicknames, the surnames of our partners, pseudonyms, and more. These five essays, curated by Cheri Lucas Rowlands at the Discover blog, explore the ties we have (or don’t have) to our names, and the roles that they play in our evolving identities.
Recent studies have found, for example, that people with ethnic-sounding names have less chance of being hired. It’s 2016, and this kind of prejudice and racism still goes on. Let’s break this down. What does our first name tell people about us? It reflects the wishes, hopes, aspirations and desires of our parents. And it can carry a lot of ...
May 22, 2018 · What’s in a name? A lot, apparently. New research suggests that your first name shapes the way other people perceive your age, personality, and how good you are at your job – and the findings...
Nov 5, 2022 · We live with our names; a name is not only a symbol for oneself and one’s family but also a mirror that reflects one’s culture and era. The influence of names on personal development has always been a topic that interests the public but remains unclear.
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Oct 15, 2019 · The way others others treat us based on their expectations regarding our name also affect us as we will unconsciously try to live up to these expectations in a type of self-fulfilling prophecy.
