Stereotyping

Impact of Stereotyping People are not born with any pre-existing beliefs. Our first exposure to beliefs comes from the people in our lives like family and friends. Once we reach a certain age, we discover stereotypes or find us stereotyping others. As a teenager or young adult I have, as well as many others, experienced it or projected it towards someone else. Never have there been positive results for those involved but somehow it is acceptable behavior in our society. Dated as far back as I can think of antiquated views of each other has been existent. In school, I too was included in the simplified views that how I talk, my appearance, or who my friends are I am categorized into a particular group. Nobody thinks when talking that it can cause him or her to be stereotyped. We see it often though with societies various accents but in middle or high school, it can profoundly affect the young. I experienced such a stereotype that I spoke my mind, so I was a bitch. This type of deductive argument does not have any validity. “Rejecting an argument because it is invalid requires much less work than rejecting an argument because the premises are false.” (Mosser, 2011). Young women suffer this type of generalized argument, but the truth is just they are straightforward and honest about their thoughts. What lead to that conclusion towards young women called such a name is because they speak their mind it can lead to others feelings being hurt. Although the flaw is just because feelings are hurt there is truth in what the teenagers or young adults have said. If people put more into thinking about what is said and less to the emotions caused them, maybe the results would be more positive. We can also positively help ourselves by enhancing our appearance. Well, as a girl that is what we moms tell their daughters growing up and what we see on television. The typical stereotype is that girls only worry about their physical appearance. Yes, even I