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Stereotypes Jeffrey Hill, April 2005 Dictionary definition “A fixed general image, characteristic, etc. that a lot of people believe to represent a particular type of person or thing.” (Collins Cobuild Dictionary) Stereotyping When someone claims that members of another culture all share the same, often inferior or offensive characteristics. Types of stereotypes racial e.g. Red Indians in cowboy films are seen as bloodthirsty savages gender e.g. women are bad drivers age e.g. old people are said to be very forgetful religion e.g. Catholics families have a lot of children profession e.g. al