Stereotypes
When prejudice gets stronger, it
develops into a stereotype. Stereotype
is a false view or idea about something. For example, girls are not good at sports.
Stereotype is learned at a very early age, and children grow to have very strong
ideas or opinions about things, groups or ideologies. As children grow up, the lines
of like and hate for other things, people, cultures, beliefs, languages become sharper.
Example
Ragu was hit in his eye with a soft
ball and to everyone’s surprise, he started to cry. The others started to laugh at him; Mani felt sad for him but
started laughing along with others.
Now we understand that when we fix
people in our image, we create a stereotype. In the above example, we have a general
opinion that girls cry and boys don’t cry. When Ragu cried out of pain, others laughed
at him.
Gender-based stereotypes
are often portrayed in films, advertisements and TV serials. Almost all the advertisements
related to detergents, washing machines, dishwashers and others show a woman as
the main lead or user of that product. On the other hand, all the stunts shown in
a bike advertisement is performed by ferocious looking men.
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