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Society makes up stereotypes. Lots are determined by statistics. That is unfair though, because you can't blame everyone for something a lot of their race/culture does. It is sad to feel like you are stereotyping, but it is based on facts.

2006-11-02 16:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by beeboo555 2 · 0 0

Stereotypes are ideas held by some individuals about members of particular groups, based solely on membership in that group. They are often used in a negative or prejudicial sense and are frequently used to justify certain discriminatory behaviors. More benignly, they may express sometimes-accurate folk wisdom about social reality.

Stereotype production is based on:

* Simplification
* Exaggeration or distortion
* Generalization
* Presentation of cultural attributes as being 'natural'.

Common stereotypes include a variety of allegations about groups based on race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, or religious belief, along with profession and social class (see social stereotype). Stereotypes can also be based on an individual's physical size, handicaps or other characteristic. It is mostly used in a harmful way.

Stereotypes are common in the world of drama, where the term is often used as a form of dramatic shorthand for "stock character". In literature and art, stereotypes are clichéd or predictable characters or situations. For example, the stereotypical devil is a red, impish character with horns, bifurcated tail, and a trident, whilst the stereotypical salesman is a slickly-dressed, fast-talking individual who cannot usually be trusted.

When I was in high school, the jock was the guy with the school jacket and cheerleader girlfriend; the nerd was the guy with thick glasses and pants cinched at his waist and hemline above the ankle; the old maid was the single woman who couldn't get a date, wearing similar clothing like that of the nerd - only in a dress formation, etc.

Today in the workplace, we stereotype the "azz-kisser" as the one sucking up to the boss, etc. The rebel and radical are still the same (always opposing leadership) and so on.

We take a social pattern/negative connotation of such and make it a certain type. If there are enough in that particular group, it becomes a stereotype.

2006-11-03 00:59:29 · answer #2 · answered by terryoulboub 5 · 0 0

somebody just stereotypes about a race and some find it funny and then the sterotyping grows and its not determined the person just whats to make fun of a race and does this is what i have noticed but
its differnt everware

2006-11-03 00:16:58 · answer #3 · answered by ck 3 · 0 0

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