Sentence examples for commonly held stereotypes from inspiring English sources

An article I wrote on the hijab from a feminist standpoint received more than a thousand comments, most driven by narrow, commonly held stereotypes.

This evidence suggests that social identities are shaped by the local environment and are not necessarily in line with commonly held stereotypes, a finding that could have important implications for the design of policies aimed at improving the lives of the disabled.

Most guys refuted commonly held stereotypes of what men find attractive, saying they hated high heels and makeup.

Leigh Alexander has written on this very blog about how developers and indie startups are challenging what constitutes a video game, and events like IndieCade showcase how new games are shaking off the commonly held stereotypes.

An article published in the BMJ back in 2004 also found that films may educate the public through "...challenging and changing beliefs, clarifying values, and debunking commonly held stereotypes".

Along the way, she pokes fun at air travel, the quirks of some of the biggest international airlines, and some of the commonly held stereotypes of flight attendants everywhere.

And these women are overturning some widely held stereotypes.

First-grade children held stereotypes that boys were better than girls at robotics and programming but did not hold these stereotypes about math and science.

Some participants who had attended the 1-day cultural awareness training felt that it reinforced differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in a negative way, providing insufficient education to counter stereotyping and commonly held assumptions.

Stereotype A fixed, commonly held notion or image of a person or group, based on an oversimplification of some observed or imagined trait of behaviour or appearance.

As mentioned above, the most prevalently held stereotype of people with mental illness is that they are unpredictable and dangerous [ 6, 19].