Talking About Stereotypes

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• There are many different ways of stereotyping people in society, including:

Talking About Stereotyping

- - gender;- nationality;- religion;- race; or- background.

Can you think of anexample of stereotyping?

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Think About Stereotyping

Example of

stereotyping

What does this make us think

Against

stereotyping

Advertisements showing mothers serving meals to families but not showing fathers serving meals

Suggests that mothers do all the housework and cooking

There should be an equal amount of men and women doing the cooking and serving family meals in advertisements.

Programmes and photographs showing men involved in physically active hobbies but not women

Magazines showing girls concentrating on their appearance but not boys

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What Do I Think?

In small groups discuss examples of stereotyping that you are familiar with.

Make a list of four examples of stereotyping. Are your examples based on race, nationality, religion or gender?

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