And scholars William Adams Jr. and Bill Eskridge have noted that government silencing of gays in the 1950s created a severe political handicap because it prevented lesbians and gays from publicly -- that is, visibly -- refuting inaccurate stereotypes or engaging in political activism to fight discrimination.
She has posed in ESPN's Body Issue and regularly posts photos of herself on Instagram in swimsuits, an effort to refute the stereotype that all who compete in the shot put are simply "tough-looking women".
Most guys refuted commonly held stereotypes of what men find attractive, saying they hated high heels and makeup.
It is axiomatic in presidential politics that a candidate must refute the worst stereotypes of his party.
In this sense, Maciocco's words (Maciocco 2007: 30) seem to be confirmed by the empirical data: " alternative reference points from the stereotypes of the compact city, refuting the widespread assumption that the city is the 'only thing of interest' ".
As long as there are trailblazers past and present to highlight, stereotypes to refute and children to inspire, you can count on seeing these images," Gibson told Mashable.
But clearly it needs refuting.
Researchers tested different versions of an article on gay men – one that reaffirmed stereotypes on promiscuity and one that refuted them – and found that heterosexual individuals' perception of gay promiscuity related to their support for gay rights in some cases.
7 22 Referrals or lack thereof may be associated with healthcare providers' perceptions that ethnic minority patients have large networks of extended family members to rely on for support, a stereotype that has now been largely refuted in the literature.
Thus, future research is required that evidences the equality of online and internal academic degree content and educational achievement so stereotypes about difference, and subsequent stigmatization of DE, is confirmed or refuted, rather focus on increasing online interactivity or replicating face-to-face interactions in online environments.
