Stereotyping has negative connotations connected with it. It becomes a problem when society gets locked in to stereotyping that an individual cannot be separated from the group. When they do not give someone a chance because of a negative impression, then it becomes a problem.

Political stereotyping works the same way  as regular everyday stereotyping. In the end, it is just pointless. For example, many liberals see conservatives as controlling and judgmental while not willing to look at other points of view. While in the same sense, conservatives may see liberals as negative and close-minded towards people with different points of view. This is what society tends to do when it comes to politics; they take what either party believes and then automatically assumes that the person has a resentful belief towards them, comparatively to how Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly view each other.

This is not always the truth, which concludes why it has become a recent problem at PHS. In our age of learning politics, the students here have become unwilling to see why others believe the way they do. Thus, a line is being divided, as the student body is being subjected into groups based off politics, and no other reasons.

However, it is not just ideas that are being stereotyped in politics, but also discrimination through stereotypical personality based off of gender as well.

In addition to this, with recent politicians like Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiona in the running for presidents, they are being judged across America based off their failures in their personalities and how their personalities are not womanly.  

Political journalist Brian Resnick wrote for the National Journal: “We can see that female politicians are defined more by their deficits than their strengths. In addition to failing to possess the strengths associated with being women (e.g., sensitive or compassionate), female politicians [are seen to] lack leadership, competence, and masculine traits in comparison to male politicians.”

The stereotype of what women should be is just another form of ignorance in politics at this point. Politics have become more than the idea of old white men only thinking for the big CEO, however, with the help of the 2008 election, has become a matter for all races, genders and beliefs. So just because of the color of your skin, or your gender, or whatever, don’t let these stereotypes resist what you want to do for the rest of your life.

If every student at PHS did this, then maybe the veil of ignorance towards one another can be lifted and then, maybe, can PHS start the movement to break these stereotypes in the world of politics.