Stereotypes In The Communication Field

A topic that has always interested me in the communications field is the ongoing discussions of stereotypes. Specifically, I have always found it interesting to both learn and observe the continuous stereotypes of males and females. I have found that it is a topic that people in society are very passionate about. Although I understand that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I decided to explore recent research on the topic. In particular, I have decided to focus on sex stereotyping. In my eyes, the word stereotype essentially means grouping classes of people together based on the way they chose to live their lives. Oxford Dictionaries defines stereotype as “a widely held but fixed an oversimplified image or idea of

For a race example, if a black man is walking down an alley at night and a white person happens to drive by, the white person will automatically think that person is up to no good. Just because blacks have a higher reputation to crime, doesn’t mean that black person is not innocent. The reason why this is not right is because every person is different and not all races are subjected to commit a crime. If a black people are always being looked down on, the whites have no other assumption to draw besides that they all are all harmful. This makes it so they don’t have any confidence booster, which leads them to keep committing crimes. According to Brian Lowery from Stanford University, “Negative stereotypes about various racial groups bombard us every day in the mass media and deposit their residue deep into our minds, often without our realizing it.” In other words, when other races have a stereotype, it’s our first nature to be suspicious and

The broadest stereotypes are that are most common are, men are better at sports, and women are smarter then men. These controversial stereotypes go back and forth and have different opinions on them by different people. A man being better at sports has been a stereotype forever and most likely because of another stereotype, which is “men are stronger then women.” People that think this are in the wrong because every person whether it’s a man or women, has the ability to be as strong as they will.

Another gender stereotype according to Health Guidance, states that when babies are first born, we automatically think they are going to be really “girly” or “boyish.” For example, they say, “We are teaching her that girls are supposed to wear dresses, serve food, and take care of babies; the biggest and most common stereotype put on women.” To simplify, the gender we come out to be doesn’t mean we cant like other things that the opposite gender