Stereotypes

Stereotypes

• What are they?

• When someone gets put down by others.
• Judged
• Bullied
• Hurt by others  

• Where are they found?

• Everywhere in the world.

• What are the problems of them?

• Feel like you should be straight and perfect like others
• Fake it all
• Feel like you shouldn’t be who they really are
• You feel insecure/self conscious/depressed/suicidal
• You get put down
• You get scared
• Low self esteem  

• Name three stereotypes that you are aware of:

     In our society.

• Girl/boy judgement
• Disabilities
• Being girly

• In other countries

• Indian/Chinese
• Pakeha
• Muslim
• Ect.

• What are some dangers of putting people into stereotypes?

• People might take it seriously and might harm them self
• People would get let down
• Involved with police
• May go to court
• Suicide
• Self harm
• Depression  

• Find some examples of stereotypes that are in your world.

• Men are strong and do all the work.
• Women aren't as smart as a men.
• Women can’t do as good of a job as a man.
• Girls are not good at sports.
• Guys are messy and unclean.
• Men who spend too much time on the computer or read are geeks.
• Girls are smarter than boys.
• Every boy is the same.

• Name some of the things that we do when we stereotype people.

• Call them names
• Physically harm them
• Put them down
• Verbally harm them
• First impression
• Judgement - categorise  

• What could be an impact or outcome of doing so?

• They could cut themself
• They could end their life

• Create an image of some sort to inform people about the danger of stereotyping and it’s impact.