Stereotype

Stereotyping is exaggerated generalizations associated with a categorizing system, they go beyond the facts at hand and make claims that usually have no valid basis. However, it is also something that most people find difficult to avoid from doing. What do you think?

Source: Melannie Svoboda

Before I go through on this particular topic, allow me to briefly explained on what is meant by stereotyping. According to Merriam Webster stereotype is defined as an unfair belief that all people or things with a particular characteristic is the same. This means that stereotype is an act of classifying people or thing by using the same thing in common between them and thinking that they're all has the same attitude and beliefs towards certain thing without any concrete evidence.

Stereotyping can be either positive and negative, but it is usually based on the idea of what's the group look like, their physical appearances and it is also can be their perception towards something. Stereotyping is usually related to bad thing where people said that it is an act of judging people and being judgmental towards their surrounding. This action is closely related to our society nowadays as people tend to come out with a claim or statement about a certain group of people just by looking at their physical appearance. For an instance, when we see someone with a very big figure, we tend to think that they practices sedentary lifestyle while actually they did not. This shown that stereotype is difficult to avoid and it has been a part of our norm in today's society.