LESSON 12:

STEREOTYPE,
PREJUDICE, AND
DISCRIMINATION
LESSON OBJECTIVE :
At the end of the lesson,you schould be able to:

Differentiate stereotype, prejudice, and

discrimination; and

Understand the manifestations of

stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination on
gender
DEFINITION OF TERMS

Stereotype- extremely generalized

belief about a group of people.
Prejudice- unjustified or incorrect
attitude towards a person.
Discrimination- when stereotypes and
prejudice translate into a negative act
towards a person
 INTRODUCTION
There are 7.7 billion people across 195 countries and every race has
their own belief systems, religion, culture, and tradition. Yet, each
individual is a unique mix of their own. That is why appreciating
diversity is very important to fully understand the human
expirience and for us to coexist peacefully.

However, understanding diversity requires us to broaden our

appreciation of the many facets of the human race and recognize
that we have our own stereotypes, prejudice , and discrimination
too.
STEREOTYPES

Stereotypes are an “over_generalized belief about a

particular group or class of people”. - ( Mike Cardwell
1996)

When we meet someone for the first time, we associate

them with certain characteristics and abilities that we
usually base on the group they belong to.
Stereotypes can occur within different ethnic
groups, social classes, religious groups and
opposite genders.

EXAMPLES:

Women are warm and Women are weak and

accomodating. emotional.
Men are good at math. Men are lazy to do
All Filipinos are good at housechores.
singing. Filipinos are uneducated.
 EXPLICIT
The person is aware that they
have these thoughts towards a
group of people and they can
say it out loud.
A person can choose not to
turn their stereotypes into
actions.
IMPLICIT
Wherein a person does not know
if they have these stereotypes
since it lies in their
subconscious.
A person has no control or
awareness of it, and it may
manifest into actions or
behavior.
 PREJUDICE
Prejudice is an "unjustified or incorrect attitude
(usually negative) towards an individual based solely
on the individual's membership of a social group"
(McLeod 2008).
PREJUDICE REPRESENTS OUR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE
UPON LEARNING OF A PERSONS' MEMBERSHIP TO A
SPECIFIC GROUP (LIKE AGE, SKIN COLOR, RACE,
DISABILITY, GENERATION, NATIONALITY, RELIGION,
SEX, SEXUAL EXPRESSION, GENDER EXPRESSION,
AND SO ON).

This negative attitude (prejudice) can be

dangerous since it often leads to negative
actions and behaviors.
 For example, a sexist person
is someone who has negative
attitude towards the other
sex and sees them as the
lesser sex.

This negative attitude could

manifest into action such as
bullying, discrimination, or
violence.
 DISCRIMINATION
Discrimination refers to actions or behaviors towards an
individual or a group of people. According to the United
Nations, “discriminatory behaviors take many forms, but
they all involve some form of exclusion or rejection".
 Genocide is the action of
recognizing someone as EXAMPLE OF
different so much that they are
treated inhumanly and DISCRMINATION
degraded.
G
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Apartheid (means
O
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seperateness) - a form of
ID

racial discrimination
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wherein one race is viewed

as less than the other.

APARTHEID
 Gender Discrimination - another
common form of discrimination,
EXAMPLE OF it happens when a person is
DISCRIMINATION treated negatively or unequally
based on their gender.

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LGBT Discrimination - it

CR EN
happens when LGBT people

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are treated as lesser than
straight people.

D
LGBT DISCRIMINATION
 FREEDOM AND EQUALITY

ARTICLE I OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

(UDHR) STATES THAT "ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE BORN FREE AND
EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND RIGHTS."

THIS DECLARATION WAS DRAFTED BY MEMBER COUNTRIES OF

THE UNITED NATIONS, INCLUDING THE PHILIPPINES, IN 1948. THIS
MONUMENTAL DOCUMENT OUTLINES THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
OT EVERY HUMAN BEING THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY
EVERYONE AT ALL TIMES.
 FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
ITS PREAMBLE RECOGNIZES THAT THE "INHERENT DIGNITY
AND OF THE EQUAL AND IN ALIENABLE RIGHTS OF ALL
MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY IS THE FOUNDATION OF
FREEDOM, JUSTICE, AND PEACE IN THE WORLD."

In many countries, people of the same sex can now get married
and create their own families while enjoying the same rights as
straight couples. In the Philippines, all establishments are now
required by law to have an access ramp for people with
disabilities.
FREEDOM AND
EQUALITY
Appreciating diversity of the human
race is key to making a safer and more
inclusive environment for everyone,
regardless of race, sex, religion,
sexuality, gender, or creed.
QUIZ
1. It is an “over_generalized belief about a particular group
or class of people”.
2. A person can choose not to turn their stereotypes into
actions.
3. A person has no control or awareness of it, and it may
manifest into actions or behavior.
4. It is an "unjustified or incorrect attitude (usually
negative) towards an individual based solely on the
individual's membership of a social group"
5. It refers to actions or behaviors towards an individual or a
group of people.
QUIZ
6. The action of recognizing someone as different so much that
they are treated inhumanly and degraded.
7. A form of racial discrimination wherein one race is viewed as
less than the other.
8. It happens when a person is treated negatively or unequally
based on their gender.
9. It happens when LGBT people are treated as lesser than
straight people.
10. Meaning of UDHR .

11-15 . Differentiate Stereotype, prejudice and discrimination