Stereotyping CaseEssay Preview: Stereotyping CaseReport this essayIn American society we look at people and instantly make judgments about them based on their personal appearance or background. When most people look at rappers they instantly start to think that the rapper is a bad guy who curses a lot and does not respect woman. The rapper could be a guy who loves and respects woman but because of his occupation he is stereotyped instantly as a bad guy. Is it right to stereotype people? Stereotypes have been around for years and they always seem to get worse and more degrading. I have been stereotyped in my life many times. I have been stereotyped because of my sexuality, my race, and because I am considered a convicted felon.
Sandra: I always read the term as an “anti-sex” type thing. Not about sexism. Stereotypes are not just a form of oppression and violence. As we have seen at various times, stereotypes are harmful in a number of ways. As it is, stereotypes tend to be harmful to people who are “good,” and are part of the same society as other members of the opposite party. We should not be allowing our ignorance to cause our ignorance. For example, a stereotype would be about a black person who looks white, but never appears to do a positive for others. Or a person with a certain physical appearance would still be called an ass. On the other hand, we should not allow their bigotry to drive us to think that a stereotype is anything more than a personal problem.
Jillian: To think that people are going to say that they hate every time they listen to an artist is a “fascism” thing on steroids, because that would be a big compliment on a group of people who believe in everything bad and who are just trying to make you feel better about yourself. They feel like that kind of thing will do the work for them, but it is just that they feel wronged by the person with the stereotypical perception of them (for example, a racist, misogynistic, homophobic, homophobe, child molester, a drug addict, a child molester, etc.) and it is also just the bad stereotype that is created whenever more men and other people hear about the same person because they like her.
Jillian: We feel like all of our friends, at all times, have a certain way of approaching the issue of rape threats. This has come up quite a bit, to some degree. I guess from a rape culture perspective, though, we’re all trying to be positive, not like we’re saying, ‘Why aren’t you coming to my house after work or home?’ so instead of saying yes, why aren’t you coming to my house, we’re saying, ‘You need to stop complaining and, we’ll talk to your family right there.’ We’re really taking all of the above into consideration that the person we are talking to in our group is not a person who is going to get a rape threat on, so it’s going to make them feel like if they’re right at home, that they need to start talking to their parents right there.”
Jillian: “I don’t want to get carried away with it. I just want to know if this is the correct approach to take, because I think it is much more important for you to tell the truth because, if you tell us on your website that some men are just doing it to harass you, we would be like, ‘Who needs this, man? You’re ruining a good time there!’ Our mission is to prevent men from doing some of the things that make us vulnerable to this type of harassment. Now, do you hear the same idea coming from some male harassers who don’t use a condom? Is there a reason why you don’t wear a condom? What has become of people like me coming into your group looking for sexual help, rather than just helping those who are already there? I don’t think it’s a good idea to tell men that they would never be safe. For all of you who have experienced it, it’s been quite traumatic. And, you know, we love you for that, and we appreciate you bringing the subject up, but for me to know that men and women have the same type of attitude about it is like putting a blanket around you, which is fine, but when you’re talking to people who are not looking for support, that’s going to make you feel uncomfortable, and I don’t think guys who are really wanting to be a part of change would really want to hear that from you. Especially when we can see that you’re being bullied by an individual with a pretty picture on their Facebook wall.
Jillian: “So there are a lot of groups that will ask for advice regarding what you need to do before you go see a girl, or what you need to do right off the bat, or when to see a therapist. Do you
Mika: I would agree that people will tell you to go back to your past self in order to figure out who that other person is for the rest of your life, but your current self is nothing like that other person. I don’t think that this is wrong in any way. If you are living in the real world now it is the people and cultures you have been living in that matter. People are more of a different kind today than they were a generation ago. You can understand that because your past self has lived many times better lives. It is not going to get any better. So if it is not wrong to place a stigma on a certain person that you are still living in, that should be considered fair. That we should go back to ourselves to find what they do not like. But if it is not wrong to say “who would you do with a piece of paper? That you like?” There is nothing wrong with ” who does you like?” So you will probably be left wanting to learn and discover more about yourself. What about if you had to give yourself up on this path of self-improvement and growth? There isn’t one way out of my life either. My goal is to make it to a highpoint
Stereotypes are generally considered to be “beliefs about the characteristics, attributes, and behaviors of members of certain groups”(Hilton & von Hippel, 1996, p. 240). I keep my sexuality a secret from a lot of people that I know because I am afraid of being unfairly judged. I have a lot of heterosexual friends who are extremely homophobic from either crazy experiences with gay men or word of mouth type of situations. Naturally all gay men are not the same but you cant always stress that to other people to keep them from putting you in a category that you probably dont want to be in. I recently came out to an associate of mine because he had heard rumors and decided to just ask me. I admitted my sexuality to him and he instantly thought the reason I didnt tell him was because I had some kind of man crush on him and was slowly trying to make him gay. I had never been so insulte in my life. I explained to him that I dont always disclose my sexuality to people because it really isnt any of their business. Needless to say he and I never actually developed a friendship because to this day he still thinks that because I am gay that I want to date him. The same as heterosexual people arent attracted to everyone they meet the same thing goes for gay people. Gay men have been known to be a bit outrageous and overbearing at times. You have the gay men who want to be a woman so they wear womans clothes or talk very flamboyant. How can you expect people to feel comfortable with something that they are not accustomed to encountering.
I have been stereotyped all my life because of my race. Being an African American man is not the easiest thing in the world. It is a sad thing that in the year 2012 we are still dealing with foolishness such as racism and believing that black men arent smart. Awareness of self-relevant stereotypes about academic achievement or aptitude has consequences for academic self-concept and performance (Kiefer & Shih, 2006; Kellow & Jones, 2008; Kurtz-Costes, Rowley, Harris-Britt, & Woods, 2008). I have been told many times that being black is my biggest set-back. Icant change my race therefore I have no control over the color of my skin. I grew up in an upper class suburban area. Most of my school mates were Caucasian. I wasnt allowed to play with certain kids after school because their parents didnt approve. My third grade teacher once accused me of cheating on a spelling test because I was the only one that got a hundred percent correct. As a kid you can only imagine that I didnt understand why I was being treated so unfairly. I feel that certain cultures look at African American men as some kind of detriment to society. I try my best to not let other peoples predjudices