The Affects of Stereotyping

Both men and women stereotype, it is not something that you can control. Stereotyping happens when a person looks at another person as different or dangerous. In school there is different types of kids, such as nerds and jocks. The jocks tend to be around other jocks and the nerds tend to be around other nerds, this is a form of stereotyping. When people stereotype they don’t normally realize it, such as when you avoid someone because of the fact that they are looking suspicious of doing something or are carrying something that can harm you. The way a person reacts, in regards to another person’s looks or behavior would be considered stereotyping such as a person who looks intimidating can be profiled as dangerous.
Most people have a prejudice reaction towards stereotyping and the end result is that we judge the people that we see as a threat or just singling out groups of people because of their differences, another word for this is called profiling. For example if a woman was w...