Stereotyping

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This is the second entry for critical literacy blog which titled “Stereotyping is exaggerated generalizations associated with a categorizing system. They go beyond the facts at hand and make claims that usually have no valid basis. However, it is also something that most people find difficult to avoid from doing.” So, let’s explore your sense of tendency to make generalizations by expanding the following statement: 

Women shouldn’t be behind the wheel…

The definition of stereotype is characteristics ascribed to groups of people involving gender, race, national origin and other factors that are not always true. People are use this nowadays and it is being their habit.

From the statement given, for me I strongly disagree with that statement. We usually stereotype women as people who should not get on behind the wheels because it is a man's job. For me women should be behind the wheel.  Men always think that women are weak and not so good in many things. This is the assumption of general from their first sight towards women. There are women behind men who are always helping each other in making the things success. In driving, men think that the one who is driving too slowly on the road is women not men even they did not see the driver. 

Do you realize something? If women know how to drive it will give ease to men too. For example, if a husband is so busy with his work and didn’t have time to bring his wife to clinic, market, send his children to school and others his wife can help him. Not all women drive cars in a same way, there are also women that expert in driving. People always think women bring the problems when driving. Women who have driving license also can help to rescue his family. If in her family didn’t have men, so women are responsible to help her family. They can’t only depend to her dad only. It means that women have right to drive.

Men didn’t allow women to drive because they think women are the worst driver. Most of them have the same thought. So, it’s a stereotype that always happened. People also said women drive too slow even on the highway. In addition, people think women always involved in accidents. You can’t say that thing if you don’t know the driver is men or women and who is wrong and who is right. Don’t simply assume the worst driver is women. People can’t judge that from a gender.

Women should have a driving license for their easiness. So, she does not always depend on other people to take her where she wants to go. Learning how to drive gives women the security of knowing that they can get behind the wheel when they in need. People can’t say that only women that have weakness in driving while men not. Actually, men also have weakness in driving. Yes, it is not fair to say that women are not allowed to drive a car. They also need it for their ease.

In a conclusion, the stereotype is a bad attitude that everyone already know about it. However, the habit is hard to stop. Like the example of the statement given which means that women are the worst driver. People like to judge others that they have a same character and attitude from the past experienced. They simply judge them without knowing them very well.  So, we must try to stop stereotype others.

Thank you... :)

drive carefully ya . :D