Yes, but I don't think it's an even spread, all uniformly distributed. I think there are definitely "pockets" of people where one notion will dominate over another, due to hundreds of different localized factors. Most of it is brought on by past experiences. It's like how the treatment and perception of a specific group of people (e.g. Middle eastern people) in the U.S. changed after the September 11 attacks. People are perceptive, and fears are acted upon. People don't like what's different from what they understand as "how it should be" or "what I'm comfortable with". My life is a shining example of that, because I've always been different, and people, well, they're just not comfortable with it, so let the avoidance begin.