#negative stereotypes

[rainbowwriting]

I have an OC who is aromantic and bisexual who has a lot of casual sex. The thing is he doesn’t actively identify with the label aromantic (me calling him such is my perspective as his creator). Said character has a lot of casual sex, but he’s always very up front to his partners that he isn’t looking for a relationship. I have other OCs who are bi (his roommate is bi, has dated men and women, and is currently in a long-term relationship for example) but I wasn’t sure if the OC I originally mentioned touched on any bad tropes too much.

the "promiscuous bisexual" trope is INCREDIBLY dangerous. having other characters that are bi and not promiscuous can help, yeah, but its still a very negative stereotype. its, uh, also a really bad stereotype for aromantics, actually. allos stereotype aros as just people who use others for sex. while this person may be someone who could exist in real life, there's a lot of harmfulness to this from both sides of the identity. examine what makes this guy seek out casual sex so much. sure, anyone can enjoy getting off and doing it often, but for this very specific orientation, it's a lot of bad tropes. you can salvage it, i'm sure, especially if you are aro or bi yourself (as i cant read your mind through the screen) but it'll take some outside explanations

[the-enchanted-storybook]

I need help!

Hey guys! I’m conducting some research for the completion of my degree covering stereotype threat in the media. More specifically, we are trying to see if inducing stereotype threat will affect someone’s cognitive abilities.

I need to find short clips from the media (can be movies, TV shows, commercials, etc,) that portray both positive and negative stereotypes. These stereotypes can be related to race/ethnicity or gender, and they have to be available to watch in one way or another, so preferably on YouTube. If not there, having the episode information would be helpful if it is from a TV show, or other general timestamp information for TV shows or movies.

I’ve run into a bit of a wall trying to find these clips and need some suggestions. This past week I’ve been swamped with other assignments and GRE prep (thank god that’s over) and have been struggling to find good examples beyond a few negatively stereotypes commercials as I don’t watch much TV or really a whole lot of movies. I’ve had a few shows recommended to me but I’m on a rather tight timeline and they’ve been very general recommendations based off of the fact that they liked the shows, not necessarily that they’d be good to pull clips from for this purpose  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I’m super grateful for any suggestions, and it’d mean a lot to me if you could share this around so more people see it! Feel free to private message me with your suggestions, comment on this post, or add it to a reblog! You guys are the best <3

[tearsofrefugees]

Highland refugee film project secures key funding

Compass Collective hopes its three-year film making project will challenge negative stereotypes.

[froggy-1988]

Bisexuality - Bridgerton - negative representation

Okay. I like Bridgerton, there's many things they do extremely well. And I liked Benedict in this as the second son searching for his place...

I also at first thought his interactions in the season were sexy, but something was making my uncomfortable despite it being the bi representation that as a bi woman I am always happy to see.

Now Bridgerton sells it's self as sexy so I suppose it's in keeping with the brand but...

All the interactions between Benedict and the male lover they introduced were sexual, the relationship was purely sexual, even the aspect of three in a bed situation which I'm sure was supposed to go along the lines of sexual freedom felt a bit wrong to me - again not something I mind ...

The issue is that it is insensitive to a sensitive Bi issue and that is how we are considered by many in society as over-sexed. We are treated as accessories to others relationships with offers of three in a bed situations with married couples from young ages and with no concern to the fact we might be seeking real long term attachment and not a quick fling. We are told women do not want to date us because we're always going to be wanting a man and men don't want to date us because it would hurt their pride if we dumped them for a women. It is assumed we have a larger dating pool and are lucky when we actually have a smaller dating pool due to these issues. a well held idea that we are overly sexual. We don't know what we're going to met with when we reveal our sexuality to partners but it can be violence, disgust, and fetishism. We are treated as tools for others desires and can be met with anger when we say no. No I don't want this, no this so called 'sexual freedom' is being forced upon me I'm being told It is what I must want but it is not (my experience, as a monogamous bi person). There is damage to it - being told your only good for flings and not relationships, that you're only a sexual fantasy and people will not look beyond that to see the person underneath.

So the three in a bed introduction to Benedict's sexuality - it felt wrong. It felt like it could be a gentle falling instead. It was played to tantalise which is in keeping with the brand but it unfortunately holds to these negative over sexualised bisexual stereotypes which can be harmful. They could have made it LOVE but they made it sex and I wish they'd done better.

I hope they develop Benedict's bisexuality further, there are still more seasons and more stories to come. Just because this introduction felt like it was playing to negative stereotypes doesn't mean they won't fix it in future but for now... It felt a bit off.

[personswithdisabilitiesday]

Actions to overcome discrimination against persons with disabilities, and eliminate discriminatory laws and policies.

Review national laws and policies to identify and eliminate discriminatory provisions against persons with disabilities and ensure their equal opportunities to participate politically, economically and socially without discrimination

Raise awareness about persons with disabilities through public campaigns to combat negative stereotypes against them, engaging persons with disabilities and organizations of persons with disabilities in such activities.

Develop mechanisms for reporting on discrimination that include the creation of a public service, where persons with disabilities can file or report incidences of discrimination.

SDG10: Eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices concerning persons with disabilities

[kenubemyobewan]

The thing I hate about being a teenager is that there is this stigma set against this age group. That all teenagers care about is sex, they hate school, we’re ignorant or just downright stupid, and that we don’t care for anyone or anything. And it’s sad for me to say that this is true for some individuals, but not all. I know a lot of people, personally and online, who don’t oblige to this stigma and I wish more people would realize that.

[theelysiaann]

Why do tv shows promote the "meddling friend" character? All they do is ruin things for the main character. Also people in real life then think it's totally fine to control their friends.

If you want pawns go play chess.

[iwrotesomeofitdown]

So I was wondering

Since I was re-reading the Harry Potter series, I wondered about something. Joanne Rowling wrote a pretty long post online about how size-obsessed people are, especially when it comes to women, and how their worth should not be determined by weight or body size. Totally agree. It starts out “Is fat really the worst thing a person can be? Not to me..” Maybe you know it.

However, an astounding number of primarily “negative” characters in her books are described as fat. The only two nice people I could find who are described as “stout” (not fat, because such a bad word, apparently) were Molly Weasley and Pomona Sprout, the Herbology professor.

“Bad” or mean characters who are fat and whose bodies or body parts are repeatedly described as ugly, repulsive, or disgusting (and with use of the word “fat”, occasionally): Dudley Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Marjorie Dursley (Aunt Marge), Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, Peter Pettigrew, Dolores Umbridge (!, because extra evil, you know) and Horace Slughorn.

So bad fat people outnumber good fat people 4:1, and while they are behaving badly in some way it is pointed out that they do so while using their “fat fists”, their “stubby fingers”, “toad-like face”, all these supposedly off-putting descriptions thrown in so we know “bad is as unattractive looks”. All of them are shown to be stupid, violent, abusive, cowardly, sadistic and corrupt.

 I have heard it said that the exceptions are the Malfoys and early Voldemort, although technically, Draco and Lucius are not described as handsome, but just as pale with pointy faces.

That’s .. kind of neutral in my book,  while Cedric Diggory as a really, really good person is super-handsome and Sirius is handsome, too, and Fleur is both beautiful and good.

Also, Voldemort became more and more disfigured as he became more evil, so .. people who are disfigured are so because they made really bad choices, apparently.

This really is at odds with the quote people keep throwing around regarding Rowling, and I wish she hadn’t enforced so many negative stereotypes about fat or otherwise conventionally “unattractive” people in books that are aimed at a demographic of children and teenagers, especially.