Stereotypes: the most difficult problem to fix

The stereotypes can influence the perception and treatment of different groups in society, and it is for this, and for many other reasons, that we must put an end to it, although it is quite difficult.

Nowadays, the most difficult problem to fix in our society are the stereotypes because they have always existed and have become normalized and due to the old way of thinking of some people that continue passing on to their children.

The first example that supports my opinion is a social experiment that was made by Spanish education League in which they asked children of about five years what they want to be when they grew up, and later they asked them what they would like to be if they were of the opposite gender. Each child has its own opinion. What caught my attention was a child, who wants to be a bricklayer. When they asked him what he would like to be if he was a girl, he said that girls do not know how to work. Here we see a clear example of the child being educated from an old fashioned, centuries old point of view, in which stereotypes play a major role.

The second example that supports my opinion, is the film Billy Elliot. Billy was a boy who was forced by his father to practice boxing, although he hates it. Billy likes ballet, which he practiced in secret from hir father. Also, the girls who practise ballet laughed at him for being a boy and practice ballet. Although this film is from 2000, unfortunately, problems like this continue to be seen today.

Some people, maybe, disagrees with my opinion because they said that nowadays things like this do not happen. However, unfortunately, sometimes they happen, and even if it is a joke, it's not funny at all.

In conclusion, I would like to say that although we may think that this is hardly present anymore and that it is of no importance, unfortunately, it is still happening and will continue to happen because there are people who do not want to open their minds and see that we are not in the 19th century. The only thing we can do is to try to change these people's minds and teach children, from an early age, that stereotypes are lies and that everyone can do what they want, regardless of their gender.