Stereotypes
There are several key aspects of life that designate our thoughts and ideas to defining a certain person or group of people into a denoted category. Our actions and our words speak to who we are and to what kind of person we have become or will become. It is our own human nature that we catalog one another into certain areas. Even though we know it to be wrong, we must protect ourselves and help ourselves understand the world around us. Certainly, we know that one stereotype cannot speak for each individual person; however it is smart to know these specified stereotypes, so that when confronted with a situation where the stereotype does in fact present itself, we are prepared enough to handle ourselves in the situation with proper effect.
Social stereotypes are probably the most common interaction. The way we view each other in our own designated countries show how easily divisive we can be and also gives evidence to how the general population is portrayed. These social stereotypes do not rest only in the mind of the evaluator, but it also trickles into the schemes of racism, sexism and provides the basis for many of the prejudices involved in any "ism". As a society, we allow these labels on each other to exist because they mold to our thinking to what we have become accustomed. Social stereotypes will always remain for this purpose. These types of stereotypes are easily refuted by the people being named. It enrages groups of people, even though evidence is sufficient to show how the stereotype came to exist.
More worldly stereotypes exist among countries as a whole. The same stereotypes that each country views on another, is often strongly refuted by the country being identified. They, more often than not, can be understood by the country being stereotyped. The stereotype is understood, but is rarely accurate. By passing judgment on a society, we contribute to the way others see a country. These stereotypes can cause an entire society to be viewed negatively by allowing the rumored viewpoint to become a certainty. Consequently, these stereotypes seen in one specific location can be generalized to the whole country, which is a larger scenario for the country being stereotyped. This follows the common adage, "guilty by association".
Social stereotypes are probably the most common interaction. The way we view each other in our own designated countries show how easily divisive we can be and also gives evidence to how the general population is portrayed. These social stereotypes do not rest only in the mind of the evaluator, but it also trickles into the schemes of racism, sexism and provides the basis for many of the prejudices involved in any "ism". As a society, we allow these labels on each other to exist because they mold to our thinking to what we have become accustomed. Social stereotypes will always remain for this purpose. These types of stereotypes are easily refuted by the people being named. It enrages groups of people, even though evidence is sufficient to show how the stereotype came to exist.
More worldly stereotypes exist among countries as a whole. The same stereotypes that each country views on another, is often strongly refuted by the country being identified. They, more often than not, can be understood by the country being stereotyped. The stereotype is understood, but is rarely accurate. By passing judgment on a society, we contribute to the way others see a country. These stereotypes can cause an entire society to be viewed negatively by allowing the rumored viewpoint to become a certainty. Consequently, these stereotypes seen in one specific location can be generalized to the whole country, which is a larger scenario for the country being stereotyped. This follows the common adage, "guilty by association".