It&#x27;s OK to argue. That&#x27;s how we learn to see different viewpoints, rather than pretending to agree for sake of making everyone happy.<p>I see you&#x27;re talking about what I would call culture or customs, rather than the broader range of qualities that stereotypes can include - things that might (if they were true) apply to those same groups across different cultures.<p>There&#x27;s a kind of moral leap people are making if they say &quot;Men have a harder time controlling their sexual urges, therefore it&#x27;s OK for men to objectify women.&quot; You could still have the same stereotype with a different conclusion by saying &quot;Men have a harder time controlling their sexual urges, so we should be more vigilant about men when we&#x27;re trying to catch somebody objectifying women.&quot; This seems to be how it ended up with blacks and crime. I&#x27;d say the outcomes that we don&#x27;t like don&#x27;t require the stereotypes, so the stereotypes themselves aren&#x27;t harmful and it&#x27;s OK if they turn out to be fundamentally true.