A stereotype is a prejudgment we have toward a particular behavior, dress code, people, place or thing, its a prejudice we keep toward them, though stereotype largely falls towards the negative side, I should admit that there are some positive stereotypes. In a general sense this might seem a rather unpleasant topic to be dealing with, but we should know that we are all bond within it
Stereotypes are like parasites, they feed on our ignorance and grow in making us arid humans, this is evidently seen in the Indian society where the society raises a girl in a blindfold of stereotypes weaken her inner being and gradually killing her innocent self.
Stereotypes as whole can not be looked down, there are some stereotypes which benefit some people for instance the stereotype that black men are dangerous can be counter attacked with another stereotype that gay men are more femanin, thus the black gay men escape the stereotype of being dangerous, though this might seem beneficial, at the same time, it is restricted to only a small number of people.
Though we are entangled by stereotypes, there has been measure taken to untie this blindfold. A stereotypes mainly gets imprinted in our mind due to our ignorance, one way of fighting it would be reasoning the stereotypes, and constantly trying to prove it wrong, the stereotype that women are weaker than men is somewhat proved wrong with fact that women have conquered every field in todays world , be it ,military, science or technology. today, women are no longer called weak but stand equal to men.
Education is another major field which can help us to do away with stereotypes, one tends to come to conclusion when one doesn't know more about that something, through education one become more learned and exposed to hidden truths and would try to avoid making baseless conclusions.
