People make automatic assumptions about individuals based on his or her appearance. While certain assumptions are a necessary part of life, judging a person totally based on appearance can be considered prejudice. I would categorize myself as \u201cPeople of color\u201d. I get numerous of baffled reactions on my appearance. Some say, \u201care you Indian?\u201d or \u201cis your hair real or is it weave?\u201d. Many make these assumptions because of society’s depictions on how one is supposed to look, and they try to categorize you into a group that fits their mentality. Forming opinions based on an individual’s appearance is inevitable. Most of us judge people on the way they look, dress, and maintain themselves. Yes, strangers have also misjudged me on my appearance at various accounts. One day a fest in my school, I wasn’t dressed the way students dress at fests. Everyone wore beautiful new dresses and miniskirts whereas I wore the same old t-shirt and kept my makeup at minimum. I got stares throughout the fest on how inappropriately I presented myself. We can stop making judgments based on appearance only when we understand the meaning of sayings that have been with us since the beginning of time. “Don’t judge a book by its cover” or “Beauty is skin deep.” We need to reject the stereotypes of how people look.<\/p>\n
I think the theories in \u201cFeminist Philosophy of language\u201d that stood out to me are \u201cMaleness as Norms\u201d. The society reacts in an increasingly hostile and threatening manner when a woman can do what a man can do. for example, it states \u201cMoreover, they call attention to women\u2019s presence in positions of authority\u2014doctor and manager. Nonetheless, most feminists who think about language find these terms objectionable\u201d. Many make the assumption, when we think of a big corporation and the CEO, often a male role is pictured to play the part. This can be a woman’s job as well as it is a man’s job. Society has created the assumption that men and women are categorized to do a specific job because of its task. For example, Men take the role of playing a manager when a female takes the role of being a nurse\/caregiver. Society keeps on reminding the girl of her sexuality and the dangers that come with it. Girls are kept in a greater state of ignorance than boys and are often ill-prepared for what is to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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