Title: How Does Stereotyping Affect Relationships? | Our Everyday Life
Headings: How Does Stereotyping Affect Relationships?
How Does Stereotyping Affect Relationships?
Gender Stereotypes
Racial and Ethnic Stereotypes
Stereotypes and Aging
Long-Term Effects

Content: Developing an awareness of the ways stereotyping affects relationships can help you recognize when it happens so that you can change your behavior. Gender Stereotypes
The ways that men and women are expected to behave can have a profound impact on relationships. For instance, women are often expected to be nurturing. Men are expected to be stoic. If either of them behaves otherwise -- a woman doesn't care to dote on others or a man expresses grief and sadness -- others may be taken aback. Expectations based on gender can pressure people to behave in ways that make them uncomfortable, creating strained connections with others. For example, a man might not feel comfortable showing affection toward others for fear that they will think of him as less of a "man." Racial and Ethnic Stereotypes
Assumptions based on race and ethnicity are some of the most pervasive stereotypes in society. Discrimination can lead to police-initiated traffic stops and prison sentences, for example, according to "Gender and race: How overlapping stereotypes affect our personal and professional decisions," a study by Columbia University researchers.