Stereotyping A Phenomenon That Is Instigated Or...

Imagine an AP Mathematics class going on in which all the students are sitting in pairs. In the front middle row, a girl and a boy are sitting together. The boy is wearing a huge pair of black study glasses, an un-ironed dress shirt with khakis and has frizzy hair quite obviously because he has not brushed it. On the other hand, the girl is gorgeous looking with curly strawberry blonde hair, big blue eyes and clearly into fashion which is portrayed by her sensational dressing sense. Now what is the first thing that comes to one’s mind regarding this scenario? One would automatically think that the boy is presumably smart but the girl probably belongs on the front cover of the VOGUE magazine and not in an AP Math class almost as if it were†¦show more content†¦Therein, this shows that this stereotype is merely a misleading notion and to a great degree an illegitimate claim. However, the fact that it continues to exist is because it has been exploited tremendously by the media by its constant re-occurrence in the entertainment industry in the form of films, videos, series, magazines etc. People consider stereotypes as being time saving devices that allow the human race to classify and generalize people and things into categories in order to make it easier for them to understand. Otherwise, the alternative would be to actually get to know each and every individual which is not only time consuming rather impractical. Just because people make sweeping generalizations about specific groups in which most of the members seem to share common traits or characteristics does not mean that they have any truth to them. Likewise, it is essential to remember the fact that the influential media consisting of mediums such as the entertainment industry, the news industry etc has also played a vital role in indoctrinating the minds of people with views that are considered to be socially acceptable. It is these ideas that form the basis of all stereotypes. Stereotypes do not define a group of people rather it is propaganda and eventually, the human race that are somewhat responsible for causing that certain group of people to define the stereotype