Pros And Cons Of Stereotypes

Stereotypes are formed in many different ways but are always exaggerated on what the group that is being perceived in a certain type of way does. Although we may not agree on what others say when a similar message is conveyed by a large group of people and is spread, we do not question these “known” truths. Common misconceptions are widely held around the world about ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation. Stereotypes and misconceptions were created because our conscious has been repeatedly exposed, thus creating our subconscious to store and relay it back to our conscious where stereotypes and bias are formed. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but rather than listen to others go out and see for yourself if a judgement is true
We stereotype a generalization of a group of people who carry a defined set of characteristics based on appearance or our assumptions. People are stereotyped when others are unwilling to attain all information we should have to make a fair judgement. Stereotypes are discriminated based on no fact, sometimes we start discriminating against a group of people after a bad experience. There is a positive and negative side of stereotyping which is necessary in order to be able to interact effectively, siding with the positive side about stereotypes is the goal for people who seek therapy. A positive thing about stereotyping is that we must have some kind of idea of what people are likely to be like, which behaviors are acceptable and which are not. This connects to how parents were raised and how they continue to be the same way for their children relating to morals, beliefs, and values. The use of stereotypes is a major key in which we reduce our social world, for example, some stereotypes revealed are that Americans are generally considered to be friendly, generous, and tolerant, but also arrogant and impatient. These are considered misconceptions, a mistaken thought or idea that can happen anywhere, not understanding or knowing a full story can lead to misconceptions. In the article About Men by Gretel Ehlrich she states “we’ve ironically disesteemed his true character.” Ehlrich says this because the stereotype in New York they have conveyed is nothing how cowboys really are, but nobody knows that because they have not seen a cowboy first hand like she has. The stereotype built by us is from what we hear or see in movies especially, we still think we know about the group with many misconceptions about the supposed cold hearted, tough cowboys. Misconceptions and stereotypes are two different things that are relatable. Stereotypes infer