Psychology

The society is made of various kinds of people. These people take up different orientation. This makes them to be perceived differently by the society. There are certain groups which are behind stereotyping. These groups are stereotyped by the society due to their deeds. Some of the groups which are stereotyped include Senior Citizens, tattooed persons, Politicians and Feminists. The mention of such grounds renders some concepts in to the mind of many people. This is because of the way these groups are perceived in the society. Stereotypes are none other than such thoughts of configuring certain groups with certain perspective. Stereotypes are generally ideas which are directed to individuals in a particular group. Stereotypes can either be negative or positive depending on where they are introduced. Stereotypes are misleading ideas since it blocks the reality. Discussion of real issues is barricaded by stereotyping.

Politicians are accorded with negative qualities. Some of the negative qualities directed towards politicians include corruption, political power seekers, liars, financial power gainers (Kaufer David, 1996). They are also perceived to be out in search of social gain. The political area in the modern society is full of attacks in one way or the other. The political picture is tainted with argument which blocks real issues. The discussion of real stuff is sidelined with the intake of stereotypes. Politicians are perceived to be hasty generation. It is not a must that all politicians are corrupt as pointed out by many.

There may be few who are corrupt in their mission to satisfy their mandates. This does not call for generalization of the political arena. Others are involved in negative qualities to satisfy their own agenda or the agenda of their party. There are also other groups which are stereotyped apart from politicians. Media and the entire society direct bad rhetoric to feminists.

Tattooed persons increase their popularity because of stereotyping. Tattooed individuals are associated with negative qualities such as trouble makers. They are also perceived to users of drugs. The reason for piercing has not gotten to the minds of people who stereotype tattooed individuals. Tattooing in its own is just a form of art which is used for body modification.

Stereotyping may be carried out unintentionally or deliberately. The deliberate generation of a particular group defines stereotyping. It involves assigning attributes which may be positive or negative to members within a particular group. Stereotyping acts as a tool for giving way to the cause of something. It is a mechanism which offers persuasion to a cause. Politicians are a unique group when it comes to stereotyping. Politicians are believed to stereotype themselves in quest for vote hunting. A politician may stereotype hisher fellow politicians in order to woo for votes. This is normally the case in influencing votes towards a certain individual. Politicians introduce fallacies for their personal gain.

There are specific fallacies through which politicians are stereotyped. Such fallacies include democrat and personal attack. Politician stereotyping stirs argument which trigger biased emotions. This is mostly directed to an issue. Legitimacy is provided by considering the biased emotions. The same scenario happens even when arguments in a traditional setting. The claims toward a particular group such as politicians have far reaching consequences. The good picture of politicians is tarnished through stereotyping.

Stereotype is the generalization which is directed to group of individuals within a specific group. Groups are generalized despite of taking different orientations. It is the trend of people to generalize characteristics of certain members in a society without getting in to the real issue. There are various forms under which stereotypes can be expressed. This does not take in to consideration the profession of someone. Tattooed individuals are associated with deceitful behavior. They are perceived to be outlawed. Tattooing is a form of identification and may not mean one has malicious behavior. Tattooed persons are perceived to participate in crimes such as being thugs. Such individuals take the perception from the society in proving their weird behavior.  Not only do people get tattooed due to criminal records but also a way of independence. A gang may identify himselfherself as a gang. It enables people get to know what kind of people they are associating with. Individuals are out to have tattoos removed from their bodies to avoid misquote. Body art has been stereotyped making many people get away from this practice. It is normally associated with crime.

Tattooed persons and mostly girls at strategic places in the bodies have been easy to capture sexual partners. This is a stereotype which has cropped in the minds of many. The location of the tattoo is the back of girls. This is usually the case since it is a way of expressing one self. This should be taken to divert to sexual promiscuity. Tattoos are never shouting in nature. It denotes the point when one had something done such as birthday. It acts as a reminder of unfolding issues.

The view of individuals in a particular group can be distorted by beliefs and expressions. A woman may be taken to be a butch in case she is a feminist (Darlington Patricia, 2002). It denotes women relationships. The stereotypical thinking for this group includes short hair. They are believed to avoid the use of a razor in removing body hair. Although this is the phenomena of feminists, it may not apply to all. Women may get away from the ways of men. They do so by protecting their rights. A woman can be independent on her own without getting support from man in terms of meals amongst other major issues performed by men.

It is not a must that stereotypical thinking comes in form of expressions. It may come in a way such that it is not avoided. Another group which is mostly stereotyped is senior citizens. Seniors citizens may be perceived to be burden within a society. They are directing towards getting money through taxation without reverting the same. Senior citizens are viewed to take out money without contributing. This is not usually the case since there senior citizens who contribute to taxes.

There exists some truth within the groups which are stereotyped. The qualities accorded to these groups are true. There are extreme feminists, tattooed people who are criminals, Senior citizens who drive slowly as well as politicians who are bound to lie. This makes some of the stereotypical thinking true. Despite of having highlighted the deeds of these groups, it does not mean that everyone in the group is bad or practices weird behavior. There are politicians who get along with the truth. It is not obvious that tattooed individuals have criminal records. The same applies to feminists. There are feminists who are good in nature. Senior citizens do not look forward to being burden to the society. They do all they can to avoid the perception instilled by the society on them.

Stereotyping thinking may be taken to refer to ignorance in getting to know an individual.

There is a negative effect accorded to the society as a result of stereotyping. A negative stereotype remains to be negative and can not be changed to sound positive. Arguments are affected by negative information which renders in the minds of people. Groups which are stereotyped do all they can to reshape the bad image. They work extra miles to have negative stereotypes fade off their way. The qualities associated to politicians include dishonest, self serving, liars and hypocritical. The qualities associated to feminists include lesbians and man-hating. Senior citizens are accorded negative attributes because of their nature of hearing, forgetful and slow in driving. Tattooed individuals are perceived to be criminals, rebels, sadist amongst other bad attributes.

In conclusion, the various groups which are stereotyped invoke different images to people. A different stereotype exists for each of the groups. The stereotypes produced by politicians can be good. This depends on the viewpoint of the person. Politicians are liable of producing both positive and negative stereotypes. In the case of feminists, they are liable to disseminate positive stereotypes. This is because they work the equivalence of men. Senior citizens produce both positive and negative stereotypes. This is because they are hard headed as well as informative. Truth dominates in the stereotypes of each of these groups.