Phi 103
The Many Stereotypes
Edward Nicandro
PHI 103
The Many Stereotypes
According to Brown (1995), “definition of stereotyping through prejudice is the holding of derogatory social attitudes or cognitive beliefs, the expression of negative effect, or the display of hostile or discriminatory behavior towards members of a group on account of their membership to that group.” Many different groups of people experience stereotypes every day. The tattooed, the politician, the feminist and the older people we call senior citizen are all members of a group that commonly face this type of issues and a breakdown of society. These stereotypes lead to negative opinions closely related to discrimination. Unfortunately, in a daily basis, stereotyping is a form of pre decision that is common in today’s society as it was couple hundreds of years ago. It is a social outlook that has stood the test of time and received interest by psychologists and philosophers. The first group of stereotypes I would like to discuss is the politicians. There are many opinions dealing with this group of people which many politicians I find to be liars. They are like car salesman who wants to help individuals but a mystery and selfishness to helping themselves. Today, I believe most people in the world think not just one but all politicians are alike. The languages that individuals use to stereotype a politician is basic which they are liars and they cheat but some might see politicians as a savior. We all know that all politicians do not get caught and the ones who get snared ruin every group of politician’s reputation.
I believe there is some truth to the stereotype of politicians but not all are true. The reason why to this fact is because the only thing you hear about anything towards politics is when someone is lying or when an individual is doing something incorrect. At the same time, this stereotype is negative but can be positive at a certain point. In my opinion, I
Edward Nicandro
PHI 103
The Many Stereotypes
According to Brown (1995), “definition of stereotyping through prejudice is the holding of derogatory social attitudes or cognitive beliefs, the expression of negative effect, or the display of hostile or discriminatory behavior towards members of a group on account of their membership to that group.” Many different groups of people experience stereotypes every day. The tattooed, the politician, the feminist and the older people we call senior citizen are all members of a group that commonly face this type of issues and a breakdown of society. These stereotypes lead to negative opinions closely related to discrimination. Unfortunately, in a daily basis, stereotyping is a form of pre decision that is common in today’s society as it was couple hundreds of years ago. It is a social outlook that has stood the test of time and received interest by psychologists and philosophers. The first group of stereotypes I would like to discuss is the politicians. There are many opinions dealing with this group of people which many politicians I find to be liars. They are like car salesman who wants to help individuals but a mystery and selfishness to helping themselves. Today, I believe most people in the world think not just one but all politicians are alike. The languages that individuals use to stereotype a politician is basic which they are liars and they cheat but some might see politicians as a savior. We all know that all politicians do not get caught and the ones who get snared ruin every group of politician’s reputation.
I believe there is some truth to the stereotype of politicians but not all are true. The reason why to this fact is because the only thing you hear about anything towards politics is when someone is lying or when an individual is doing something incorrect. At the same time, this stereotype is negative but can be positive at a certain point. In my opinion, I
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