Not Being Stereotypes Essay

Rita Pyrillis, who wrote Sorry for “Not Being a Stereotype,” demonstrates through examples of being stereotyped by not meeting people’s expectation to understand that she’s an American Indian. A Stereotype is a judgment people have on various groups because of their gender, cultures, or simply the way they present themselves. Also, stereotyping individuals occurs quite often in society. Groups in a society that are easy targets of stereotype include women, Arab/Muslim, and sexuality. The media has been an immense influence on people, which can be the case to why people stereotype groups. Commonly in the media women are presented as housewife’s, where they stay at home and take care of the children, and have food ready for when their husband’s get home. Therefore, women are generally stereotyped as being weak, stay at home, or that women can’t be greater than men. An excellent example of women being stereotyped during an interview with Fox news guest Gavin Mcinnes and women reporter when Mcinnes stated, “They’re less ambitious. This is sort of God’s way- this is nature’s way- of saying women should be at home with their kids, there happier there,” which demonstrates how rude anti-feminist use their words to get their idea across and let them know where women stand. Moreover, the woman isn’t only the main target, also Arab/Muslim are a major target of stereotype and goes on to discrimination. People
When most people in Southern California all they talk about is green juice, organic food, and healthy eating. There might be a part of the American population to be obese, but not the entire United Stated is obese. For example, CNN published an article stating that “In the past 10 years the rate of obesity appears to be leveling off among both children and adults.” Which there might have been part of Americans that was obese but not