Stereotypes In Sports Wrestling

Real Wrestlers What society uses today to classify a certain group are called stereotypes. These are often used so people could know and have a good image of that group or so they believe.

This can lead to many misconceptions and in some cases, some of the stereotypes might not be true at all. Although stereotypes can be funny it does not mean they are all true, but society tends to perceive a group that way according to stereotypes. It’s not fair to perceive a group as being weird, crazy, or strange just because one individual of that group acted that way. Society should stop judging an individual and classifying a whole group of people off of that one person. But instead should either ask questions or experience the group’s lifestyle

One stereotype leads to one misconception and many stereotypes lead to many misconceptions. Stereotypes are a big image or idea of a particular group, type of person, or thing. Misconceptions are a view that someone has or opinion due to false thinking or incorrect understanding.There are some truths to the stereotypes that are classified over particular groups of people. In an article it states, “One disadvantage is that it makes us ignore differences between individuals; therefore we think things about people that might not be true” (McLeod 1).And that is the reason why many misconceptions are thought of, due to people’s opinion and views society has.Then the young children that are the most influenced learn those misconceptions and stereotypes and the cycle continues. Most of the time stereotypes are often exaggerated and do not represent that group, person, or thing in reality the way society portrays them to be. The wrestlers and their actions are widely exaggerated and people stick with what view and opinion that is commonly known for

The uniforms wrestlers would wear got people the impression that people who participated in this sport are gay. Also the goal of the sport would give people the same impression. Since they are athletes and are involved in a pretty violent sport people would think wrestlers are dumb.

Sometimes wrestlers would look miserable as they are cutting to make weight and people believed they were starving themselves. Wrestlers also are stereotyped to be good fighters and know how to use their hips very well. Another one would be wrestlers having the confidence to fight anyone, no matter the size of the other person, basically punks, and they could also be big trouble makers.Wrestlers in general would be described as crazy, tough, and weird individuals. Some people that never wrestled would think wrestling isn’t really a tough sport at all. That is why wrestling and the wrestlers are misunderstood and there are hidden realities that people who haven’t participated don’t understand because it’s not just a sport it is a lifestyle. To prove that wrestling and the wrestlers are very misunderstood, I am a