Stereotypes Cannot and Should Not be Eradicated

I do respect your position and completely accept your stance. I am Con (against) on this debate. I do not believe that stereotypes should stay I also do not believe that is it impossible or at the very least, improbable to remove stereotypes. I will happily use your definitions unless I feel as though you are creating a logical fallacy with word play, or I have a better defined example. Stereotypes are a result of confirmation bias due to a lack of education on what is portraying a stereotype. For example, if I say conspiracy theorists are tin-foil-hat antigovernment 'wackos' I have just created or agreed with a stereotype; and I have done this because of some extreme people who actually fit into this category. Like-wise, if I suggest that in a high crime populated area where minority figures are the majority of criminals, if I was to walk down a street at night and come across a person that fits into a category of minority, I will assume or lean towards assuming they are a criminal or have the potential to be one. Another example is to say that homeless people are all homeless because they 'did it to them selves', with this dogmatic mindset, you will view most if not all homeless people like this. This is where I would like to change the course and look at current stereo-types that are just bad. When we look at equal rights for women, we tend to think, voting, driving, employment, education etc, however a lot of the time we forget just how a lot of people treat women. If you look at authority figures in the US very few are female, if we look at people who are viewed as 'strong, courageous, tough and driven', it is not often women are the centre point at this. Just with that ALONE, we will see and do see a lack of respect for women unless they prove themselves. If a man with a suit is walking down the street, people will generally think that this man has got everything in his life in check and is in a position of respect or authority, or both. If a women does the same thing, she is looked at in a sexual way, she is judged by her hair, posture, if she is tired or smiling. Suddenly we see a trend of judgemental behaviour instead of respect; now I am not saying she would not be treated with respect, but there is a CLEAR correlation between attraction in females and success in females. A quick way to refute your argument that cultures can't be changed, look at any country in the Middle East coming over to a Western country like Australia or America. We can see the new generation that is not restricted by religion has no affiliation with the cultures or trends from their heritage. Looking over history and seeing parts of Asia going through the ages of technology, at one point they had samurai swords, now most have technology and have grown past this. So we can define a stereotype as ignorant, misinformed or simply an observation. However to address everyone with it is bigoted and ignorant. We will slow down our growth as a civilisation if we continue this path. “Many people want to seem void of stereotypes and judgements so they will go against a gut feeling of danger to trust a person they do not know.” What people should be doing is not trusting someone because they don’t look trustworthy. Not because they’re black with a hoody on and are too afraid to look like a racist. “Stereotypes breed certain fear and caution in people that can help protect them from danger.” Possibly, however we aren’t living in a forest where one mountain lion won’t charge you so you think all won’t. We are living in a modern time with education, simply because one person is a lower class liar, it does not mean all will. “Stereotyping can be accurate and help people to assume things about a person correctly. If a woman wears a hijab, you would more often than not rightfully assume she's Muslim. This can help in now knowing what foods they cannot have if dining with them or help promote conversation. Assuming things correctly can make a person seem more knowledgeable and sensitive to others. Implicit or mild stereotypes cannot be and should not be eradicated from our society.” Firstly, you just changed your argument, secondly, identifying clothing and assuming is falls under stereotype, but it does not implicate something negative over a person like ‘women can’t drive’ or ‘Asians are really smart.’ This is simply offensive.