Stereotypes Report

Stereotypes Stereotype is any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual. Stereotypes are often confused with prejudices, because, like prejudices, a stereotype is based on a prior assumption. Stereotypes are often created about people of specific cultures or races.YourDictionary, By. "Stereotype Examples." YourDictionary. N.p., 2014. Web. 13 Nov. 2016. Stereotypes can not only be hurtful but, most of all they are untrue.Psychologists once believed that only bigoted people used stereotypes. Now the study of unconscious bias is revealing the unsettling truth: We all use stereotypes, all the time, without knowing it.Paul, Annie Murphy. "Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes." Psychology Today. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.Today, I want to discuss Stereotypes of different races,genders and religions. One of the biggest type of stereotypes that I feel is use would be racial stereotypes. Weather or not we relize it or not we judge.Today many people view Mexicans are lazy. Having been around and had many Mexican friends I will say that these stereotypes are untrue. Some of the most hard working people I know are Mexican. Mexicans do jobs that a normally American would never do. Another racial stereotype that I don't agree with is that black men are thugs and are dangerous. First I think it is …show more content…
Gender stereotypes give false expectation on how that men and women. The Stereotype that women are over emotional happens to be the worse. I feel that women really have the most control over our emotions. Women in my eyes are cool calm and collected and we hide our emotions not to trouble the people around us. Men are messy and never clean up. Growing up i was surrounded by men who are neat freaks. In my step dad's eyes everything had to be clean. If he came home from work and everything was not clean, he would wakes use up to clean up at three in the