Bias

In book: Lockette Culture

Unlike most species, lockettes do not typically have biases relating to physical attributes such as perceived sex or gender, sexuality, or perceived ethnicity.  It is believed this may be related to their inorganic nature, as these attributes do not create even the slightest differences in capabilities.  No lockette produces gametes naturally, and even the darkest lockette does not actually have melanin in their skin protecting it from the sun.  Differences such as these are mere aesthetic to most lockettes.

This is not to suggest lockettes lack biases, merely to cover the ones organics tend to expect.  (Some lockettes have caught these kinds of biases from other species, of course, but these sorts of beliefs are not widespread).

The biases of an inorganic species are unique.

For lockettes, the dominant biases are related to wealth and whether or not a lockette is possessed.  Wealth is simple - in a functionally immortal species, the wealthy can accrue ever more funds for millennia, while those starting out new have no way to ever catch up.  Those with the most tend to look down immensely on those with the least - and may consider anyone closing on them to be a threat.

Possession is a different matter, and biases towards the possessed are a matter of practicality and religiously motivated.  Practicality notes that a possessed lockette may seek to take and consume the saura and life energy of other creatures, and that some possessions may drive a host to behave erratically or violently.  The three Artisinal faiths teach that the possessed are a threat to Maquette and will destroy it, which has additionally led to a great deal of violence and hatred towards the possessed.  Laws discriminating against the possessed were only repealed in most major spheres after the Last War, and many possessed lockettes may still face discrimination in their day-to-day lives.

Organic species are often viewed as inferior by lockettes, particularly those who rarely encounter them.  They tend to be seen as weak, flighty, immature, impulsive, and easily frightened.  Many lockettes will even pat themselves on the back for lacking the ‘illogical’ biases held by organic species, while never examining their own biases.