A stereotype is a general idea about a certain group of people.
There are different topics of stereotypes, that refer to different parts of our lifes. For example these:
Gender: the way we dress, our behavior and abilities.
All these things need to be divided in manly and girly.
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Religion: our traditions (clothing, food, habits) and behavior.
When we follow a religion we need to act and look like the stereotypes tell us.
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Cultural: also traditions and behavior.
We can feel a kind of culture, but be different from stereotype of it.
Racial: appearance and behavior.
It is about how we look, not about how we feel.
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Sex orientation: personality, preferences and emotions.
Having a kind of sex orientation does influence our personality.
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Certain habit: hobbies, job and interests
All people with particular similarity are the same.
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Even if you are an open-minded person you can unconsciously develop stereotypes and prejudices in your mind. We all use them the whole time.