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* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: Cynicism is seen as "intelligent" or "mature", whereas being positive all the time is seen as "stupid", "immature", or "gay". Negativity is also funny to watch.

* [[Acceptable Targets]]: Those that are considered to be an "Acceptable Target" are more vilified if they do something wrong than those that aren't if they do something wrong...even if those that aren't Acceptable Targets [[Not So Different|were/are just as bad...if not worse]]. While this definitely applies to Gender roles, it also apply to all sorts of other issues as well such as Race, Religion, Nationality, to even things such as fanbases and more. One could go on forever, but it's best to just check that article and/or this article for examples and explanations.

* [[Acceptable Hobby Targets]]: Just about any given die hard fandom of anything are often stereotyped as anti-social losers... unless it involves sports. [[Terry Pratchett]] notes that the differences seems to be that (in his example) Trekkies, unlike Manchester United fans, have never trashed a train carriage. He remains puzzled as to why this means that ''they'' are the ones who are deemed to be social outcasts.

* There are some exceptions though, such as those who play fantasy sports, fans of "[[Americans Hate Soccer|That Other Football]]" (ex. an American Football fan in Britain or a Soccer fan in America), and teams that have a really long championship drought; such as Chicago Cubs fans, but even they aren't as lambasted as other [[Acceptable Hobby Targets|fandoms]].