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    Teen Stereotypes

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    Television is the decision maker on what we do and don’t do ‚ but and don’t buy and‚ believe in things we want to believe because this little box with flashing lights and motion told us so. So many teen‚worker and parents are the most displayed stereotypes out there aside from race‚ color and culture. How are teens stereotyped on television? Teens are stereotyped as to be what the world wants to portray them to be rather than what they want to become. Now days you see more teenagers at the age of

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    Stereotypes In America

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    America is a country with cultural diversity and different ethnics; therefore‚ there must be serious conflicts due to differences in cultures. In other words‚ these differences and conflicts have gradually created stereotypes within people‚ especially within Americans who consider themselves superiority and people from Asia‚ Mexico‚ Africa‚ etc. who are considered as inferiority. These have been perpetuated in popular culture including film‚ TV‚ advertising‚ music‚ and consumer products. “Film and

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    Gender Stereotypes

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    GENDER STEROTYPES. What are gender stereotypes? They are "simplistic generalizations about the gender attributes‚ differences‚ and roles of individuals and/or groups. Stereotypes can be positive or negative‚ but they rarely communicate accurate information about others. When people automatically apply gender assumptions to others regardless of evidence to the contrary‚ they are perpetuating gender stereotyping. Many people recognize the dangers of gender stereotyping‚ yet continue to make these

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    Teenager Stereotypes

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    Society today stereotypes teenagers in such a way that every teenager seems to be inclined to be bad. In my opinion‚ society bases their stereotypes on the teens they come into contact with as well as the ones that stand out from the rest. Teenagers are believed to be obnoxious and ignorant; which also ties in with disrespectful. People believe that teens are rebellious‚ immature‚ and trouble for their parents. People tend to think teens are violent‚ reckless‚ and lazy. When a person thinks

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    Short Stereotypes

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    athletes are sometimes better than the taller ones. Stereotypes are how people think of a group of people just by the appearance of them. Stereotyping is a common thing a lot of people do‚ it’s kind of an instant reaction to stereotype a group when they’re seen in public or in school. A misconception is thinking one group does or doesn’t do certain things just because of appearance. Nobody really takes the time to get the know the groups they stereotype because they only want to see the one way. Seeing

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    Negative Stereotypes

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    Negative stereotypes are the product of unfortunate experiences and cultural conditioning: if a person disapproves of a situation‚ he will specifically label it. Most of the time‚ these “labels” originate from instances which the person has either experienced or been taught to believe. Due to this‚ society has started to divide due to race‚ gender‚ and religion‚ especially after the recent presidential election. Though‚ the youth of today’s generation can prevent this situation from worsening by

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    Yang Stereotypes

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    For example when Timmy states that the Chinese eat dog meat. This is one of the most well-known stereotypes of the Chinese. In today’s world many Americans would not eat insects‚ rats‚ and other foods that the Chinese would eat. This shows lack of understanding between two cultures. Another stereotype I saw was when Yang was sitting on the lunch table talking to his friend and the rest of the class was playing football. This is similar to “The Tiger

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    Stereotype With Women

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    whole. The stereotypical role that women‚ especially mothers‚ are made to sustain in their everyday lives shows such unrealistic expectations – just due to their womanhood. “Stereotype: A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing: "sexual and racial stereotypes"i. Stereotypes are judgments created by our society that are based on perceived actions of an individual. It is a picture in society’s mind‚ though it is not an accurate illustration of the

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    Stereotypes In Mulan

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    are needed. This stereotype is so important in this film that they even wrote a song about it! In the song “Honour to us All”‚ the only way a woman can bring honour to her family is by getting married. The worst part is‚ children‚ particularly girls‚ will be taught that in order to please and bring honour to your family‚ you have to change your appearance‚ stand straight‚ put on makeup‚ wear fancy clothes and jewelry‚ and be proper. The ideal wife and perfect daughter stereotype is harmful to children

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    A Stereotypical Teenager? Loud‚ obnoxious‚ rebellious‚ out of control‚ and up to no good… these are just a few of a wide number of stereotypes that are attributed to American teenagers. What is it about teenagers that make the rest of society seem to turn against them? I believe that there are many misconceptions about teenagers. Many people in different generations sincerely believe that all teenagers are up to no good‚ and are guaranteed trouble no matter where they are. I am not arguing that

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