SilkRoad
Lay the coin on my tongue
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- sp/sx
So, you don't think there are many SJ's around?
Plus, I can provide more compelling evidence, if you so wish.
My point in this thread is to only say that if approximately 50% of the world is SJ, probability would suggest one of your parents is an SJ.
Ergo, why would it be necessarily strange to have an SJ parent?
For the record, I do agree that ESTJ's and ESFJ's get branded with inaccurate stereotypes ALL THE TIME! You know what those stereotypes are so it's not necessary for me to reiterate.
There are loads of SJs around, but I would question whether it's to that level. I've seen statistics which distribute the types much more evenly, for instance (with considerably more S than N types, but otherwise fairly evenly.)
I've lived in a city for several years where I have met disproportionate numbers of people acting like (stereotypical) ESFPs and possibly ESTPs. I very much doubt that all of them are. Many, sure, but I am certain that many other types are represented. What they do all seem to have in common is a desperate desire to fit into the group. Some of them act quite differently when away from that group. It has to do with the environment they've put themselves in and where they are in life. Same sort of thing, I think.
I'm not saying it's strange to have an SJ parent, by the way. I probably have at least one, unless my dad actually is an INFJ. I do find it strange though that so many people claim to have xSFJ moms when the types of other family members seem quite widely distributed. There aren't even as many ESTJ dads as I would have thought. Plenty of people claim to have F dads, for instance.