Sentence examples for held stereotypes from inspiring English sources

Both families opposed marriage, each holding up deeply held stereotypes or cultural resentments and expressing fears of loss.

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

An exchange student from Mexico City had spent time at Berry the previous year, seducing Alabama girls and confounding deeply held stereotypes — he didn't wear a poncho, for instance, and was apparently sincere in his love of punk music.

Claims grew that the event would merely propagate deep-rooted Western- held stereotypes of a hapless continent rather than a vibrant land which wanted to help itself as desperately as it required assistance.

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.

To me, these generalisations are not about cleverly subverting a lazy cliche, they are about reinforcing a widely held stereotype, here offered by a figure of authority; an insider.

A widely held stereotype was a so-called running athletic would never win a Super Bowl.

3. Proudly reference your technical skills Take a proactive approach to overcome the widely held stereotype that you lack the technical skills for the job.

Armstrong suspects that is a result of the widely held stereotype that bisexual men are actually gay men who are reluctant to admit it, while there's a greater cultural acceptance of bisexuality among women.

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