What are Stereotypes? A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. Or in other words females are supposed to do or viewed as one thing and males are supposed to do or viewed as another. Why should we address it? Stereotyping people can cause them to not have self confidence in themselves. For example telling a women that she will never be as good as a man in sports can not only cause to feel like she can't do it but at the same time it can motivate her to keep pushing to do better. Another example is that a boy cant be seen near a doll because someone might assume that they are gay. Stereotype #1 Only boys can play sports. For many years girls have been told that men are more superior at
