What are the benefits and demerits of stereotyping?urgent...plz ans?
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I can't think of any benefits to stereotyping, but bad things are that people can expect more or less from yo depending on the stereotype. for example, people think all men are strong, and all women are weak. but there can be weak men and strong women. hen, women are looked on as being needy and needing help all the time, which is degrading, and the man who isn't strong is called girlish or gay. so I would say just the way you are expected to behave because of stereotypes is a demerit.
Stereotyping is helpful only if you'd rather not get to know someone. Judge them on their clothes or how they look. But the demerits are that you won't get to know anybody that you type as someone you don't like because of the things I already mentioned. In other words. I want to marry a nurse so you wouldn't even look at a waitress, school teacher or a zookeeper. So you will miss out on a lot of good people because you won't give them a chance. I think the zookeepers are cute!!!
no real benefits. Much negative action in process. In general when one stereotypes an individual or ethnic/faith group; one is making inappropriate assumations about that individual or group. We do not view one as a whole person if we are locked into prejudical stereotyping
Well I would say that there are no benefits of sterotyping because not everyone like in that area is like that [so say some teenagers if they go out with their friends they can get accused of being a "touble-maker" even when they havent done anything].
[Hope that made sense]
well. whether any of you choose to admit it or not, most stereotypes are usually correct, so, the benefit would be your (usually initial) thought is right on and the demerits would be if that slim chance where your stereotyping skill are incorrect.
Stereotypes are based off a loose truthisms. My wife is half Arab and gets random checks quite a bit at the airport, it upsets her but she understands as well.
Demerits: takes away the individuals identity as a independent free thinking person. You are Arab, you must but a terrorist, you are a young black male, you must smoke weed and steal. Silliness involved in this way of thinking.
Benefits: Like I said earilier, stereotypes are based off of loose truths, ratios wise, % of arabs over % of whites are suicide bombers, "Very low % of arabs are" but sterotyping the group as a whole does detere of very small % that would try to sneak a bomb into the airport, they would likely be checked over the 70 year of couple.
I totally disagree with sterotyping, because it is just a form of prejuidice thinking. Hope I don't sound too ignorant.
You asked for it! :o) This is an article from The Onion Newspaper...
I'm a busy guy. And, while I'd love to, I don't have the time to get to know every person I encounter in the course of my daily life. So thank goodness I have a handy little device at my disposal that helps me know how to deal with just about anyone I come across: stereotypes. Yes, stereotypes are a real time-saver!
You have no idea how much this streamlines my day. For example, before I started using stereotypes, if I were trying to choose a podiatrist to treat my foot pain, I would be clueless. I would've tried tons of podiatrists of all different races before finding a really good one. But, armed with the stereotype that Asians are all really smart and studious, all I have to do is scan the yellow pages for podiatrists under the name "Chang"!
Stereotypes also work when I'm trying to decide on a place for lunch. I steer clear of any place that employs Arabs—not because Arabs are all terrorists, but because they tend to be filthy and have poor hygiene. By sticking to Caucasian-run establishments, I can avoid wasting weeks lying in bed with a debilitating food-borne illness. If I'm in a rush and have to eat fast, I'll definitely avoid going to a place run by Jamaicans. They are sooo slow. Ever been to Jamaica? It takes, like, two hours to order a Coke down there.
Gender and age stereotypes can be just as useful as the racial ones. Let's say you need to ask directions. I'd never ask a woman, because her answer could be unreliable. With a woman, you can never tell if "Aunt Flow" is in town, so she could be going through a mood swing and send you to Timbuktu. And women over 50 are completely out of the question because of their hot flashes. I won't even ask a man over 60, because you never know when the ravages of Alzheimer's could be setting in. That's why the only people I trust to get me where I need to go are men under 60. White men, that is.
Stereotypes aren't just a trick for leisure time. You can really speed through your work day with them, too. Right now, the firm I manage is looking to hire an accountant. Without stereotypes, I'd have to read every resume and interview dozens of candidates. Make no mistake, there's still a lot of culling involved, because resumes rarely include photographs. But the first thing I do when a big stack of resumes shows up is throw out the Hispanic last names. This saves me hours right off the top.
After that, I make an "A-List" pile out of the Jewish-sounding names. According to the old stereotype, Jews are great with money, so those are the people I'm primarily interested in interviewing. In the interest of fairness, though, I'd like to interview a few Christians, too. Only problem is, some Christians are black, and who ever heard of a black accountant? I want to screen out the blacks, but unfortunately, not every black person is named Tyrone or Laquisha, so I sometimes wind up accidentally calling one in for an interview.
To fix this problem, I've turned to—what else?—stereotypes. I've come up with this plan where I phone everyone in the Christian pile and ask whether they'd be interested in participating in a menthol-cigarettes-and-malt-li... taste-test (free, naturally). Boo-yah! An hour of phone calls later, and I've got my two master lists, Jews and white Christians. My competitors can flush all their free time down the crapper searching hither and yon for the actual best-qualified applicant, but Fast-Track Wally's got Yankees tickets!
Yes, even a Polack can see that stereotypes are the busy man's best friend!
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