Taking a Look at Gender Bias

Stereotypes are a form of prejudice everyone will once experience in their lifetime. Stereotypes are centered around an individual's race, gender, social class, religion, and age. They have been known to be elements people use to make judgments and subjectify people to one key feature. As Gordon Allport states, “ To state the matter technically, a noun abstracts from a concrete reality some one features and assembles different concrete realities only with respect to this one feature”(364). Mr.Allport’s words can be summed up to say stereotypes have been used as key fundamentals to associate one feature or aspect of a person with a group that represents it, typically in an unfavorable way.

According to Chimamanda Adichie, “the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story… It robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar,” (Chimamanda). This statement holds a lot of truth; stereotypes are a very negative part of human history. The cause separation among our single human race. Stereotypes have always existed and always will exist in humanity. They have caused separation in humanity be creating differences and hatred, and this separation hurts all sides.

The dictionary defines stereotypes as “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.” Our world today is run by an infinite amount of stereotypes. They affect every aspect of people's’ lives. Members of society let others’ opinions affect their own, and people who go against stereotypes are frowned upon. Some stereotypes include those surrounding African Americans, people of Asian descent, and transgendered people. Most people look at an African American male and either get scared of him, assume he raps, our plays sports. However not every single black male in the world partakes in those activities. Some people look at Asians and assume they are all smart, and good at every subject in school, but that

In conclusion stereotypes are everywhere affecting people everywhere and we only know one way to stop them. This is by your decisions if you are all against stereotypes like many are make the change and stop them by starting with

We have all been stereotyped at a point of our lives because of the “groups” we were born into, like our gender or nationality. People identify Arabian Americans as terrorists because they are middle eastern. Others assume that all Mexicans came to America illegally. It is predetermined that girls can only become nurses, not doctors. We commonly categorize people into groups that society has a popular belief about. Society associates these individuals into groups we think we they should be in. We make judgements about someone, taking their identity away before even meeting them. It seems as though stereotypes are used so we can justify our racist behaviors and attitudes.

Think about this, if you ever heard someone stereotype another person what would you think of what is being said? Now a days, stereotypes are used in very common places. They are most said and heard between teenagers or at school. Some people don’t believe stereotypes are true at all, while others think that some can be facts. Can it depend on how it’s being said? I believe stereotypes should come to an end because it is affecting people and our society.

Stereotypes can be defined as judgements that people make about other without knowing them personally, and stereotypes impact our society in many ways. For example, in an interview with Guy Raz from NPR, Jamila Lyiscott says that “you have this lens where you're looking at yourself through the lens of other people the way that they're looking at you” (Raz, Guy, and Jamila Lyiscott). In this quote

“Ster·e·o·type ˈsterēəˌtīp/noun: A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.” I think stereotypes are a crude assumption on people. Everyone deserves to be their own self and release the image they want others to perceive. Stereotypes disregard the individual person as a whole. I’ve been stereotyped before, it happens so often I find myself making fun of the things I do that classify with the stereotype. I even *cringe accept the stereotypes people give me, even if they’re not true about me.

Stereotypes are a widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person, a group or a thing. For most people, there is at least one time in their lives were they felt or knew they were a

     Stereotypes can be found in just about every aspect of society. A person engaging in any type of social interaction is either consciously or unconsciously engaging or affected by the many ways we stereotype people. Stereotypes while usually given a negative connotation seem to be an inherent part of human nature. By grouping individuals into categories a person can feel more in control of their surrounding and of their own self as a unique individual. Every person has either participated in stereotyping or has been a target of a particular stereotype.

Stereotypes shouldn’t be used because they are unfair,harmful to a human’s well being,and they are used too often.Though some people use stereotypes in their everyday life.Sometimes they get stale and soon enough everybody will know what every single stereotype is .

Gender norms are a set of unspoken “rules” set by society where people are told to behave and act a certain way per their gender. For a long time, it has dictated the way one lead their lives, telling them how to behave and act. It is something that we are all exposed to no matter the age, race, or religion These gender roles have had a huge impact on the way kids grow up and often has a negative effect, taking a heavy toll on the person. Every community has some form of gender roles. Ultimately gender norms play a role in how we as civilians’ function in our society.

We see gender norms everyday whether we notice them or not, it is a sad thing that lives in society and affects our everyday lives. A gender norm is a social role encompassing a range of behaviors that are generally considered acceptable based on their sex. We are born to these gender norms, it is something we are taught since we are little by society and even our own parents. I remember when I was little and I found myself in the boy aisle one time and I remember being amazed seeing how much different things boys had. All we girls had were babies and dolls

Stereotypes are something that all people utilize in life to help process information. These can serve us positively or negatively and they may be accurate or inaccurate. This is a way for us to categorize information so that we can access it more quickly and effectually.

While reading our communication book and taking notes during lectures, I came across a concept that I thought was particularly interesting. The concept I am going to talk about is language and gender and more specifically, gender bias in our culture. I think that this topic is quite interesting and especially relevant in the current times we live in. With women demanding more rights and recognition than ever before, I think that this topic is appropriate to talk about.