From my questionnaire I learned that all participants knew about stereotyping and what people thought when thinking

of specific job roles or genders and that stereotyping is used in everyday life. However some respondents didnt know they were an example, or chose not to recognise they were categorised. Some respondents knew they were stereotyped, but not how or into which category they would fall into. I also found that across the age groups there was a general consensus or view and answers were fairly constantly distributed. Methodology: I created a short questionnaire to see what responses males and females of different ages, who live in different areas, gave, when asked about different stereotypes and if they themselves are part of a stereotypical group. To make the analysis as accurate as possible I chose the professions to be assessed. To make the questionnaire as fair as possible I gained results from across the UK, to help remove bias. Bias would occur due to many people in the same area having, and being bought up on the same views as each other due to a fairly close community and the influences within that niche. Even though I tried to branch out the questionnaire to different areas, there were a higher proportion from East Sussex, due to this being where I live and I could access people easily, to give a response. I also have a 50:50 ratio of male to female responses; 15 females to 15 males, which although a small sample, helped to give me a better understanding if views differ that much between men and women, allowing me to evaluate that and their views on and within society. To see how much answers varied between men and women I have compared them, but I also asked a male and female to do the questionnaire together. To make if fair they both took turns in answering; giving one word for each question. I analysed these results against the others, having taken into account the age differences between the male and female who did the questionnaire together, against the ages of all the participants in general. Age was another influence I was conscious of, that could affected the results. From the people who took part in my questionnaire, the ages ranged between 14 and 77. I used the youngest age of 14 as they would be old enough to have a complex enough understanding of stereotypes and what they are about. It ranged to 77 as these were some of the older people I knew and much older the concept, may again, get confused. I say this as I had to clarify with one 77 year old participant what a stereotype was. This is because over the years things have changed compared to what this person thought of when they though of stereotypes. I am conscious that the survey was biased to the younger age group 14-20, with over half the respondents in this group. However this was due the availability of this age group more than any other. Although there is a higher percentage at the

14-20 age group, the general feed back was fairly constant across all the age groups. Another thing I became aware of was the views between the generation gaps within a group of respondents, some of which were family i.e. siblings, parents and grandparents. These were as varied as those that were not related and showed the respondent had either been influenced or had their own mind. I was interested to see if some responses would be more positive and negative. Many of the responses below held both negative and positive associates to the topic in hand. There was however one set of responses that were all positive and another that were nearly all negative. This to me depends on experience and interaction with the type of person described, the publicity given by the media and other influences. Another factor which would effect this would be age. Different ages had varying opinions due to how they feel they are treated by a certain type of person. For all the Questions 1a-p. It was hard to write about what specific ages people thought for answers. I have grouped the answers more into male and female categories, and then the joint male and female questionnaire. This is to show the point of gender differences more than age. Questions 2-7. I have added in ages as it was easier with these responses as the list of details wasnt so long. Responses Question 1a. responses - Firemen / women; Within these responses there were a constant number of descriptors and these were mostly based on physical attributes. Both men and women seemed to note the bravery of firemen. Surprisingly it was the men also picked up more of the strength and physical fitness required, more often than the women. Some teenage females thought of strippers and a sexy side. It was also clear that all of the respondents thought of firemen rather than women. The male and female that answered together, thought of bravery. They also said underpaid; which could be related to their age and the high profile events in the media relating to pay and conditions of the services. This to me showed that men and women were pretty equal and there is a constant thought when asked about firemen, showing firemen have a consistent stereotype all over the country for different age groups and between male and female. It would be interesting to see if this was the same all over the world. Firemen had a very positive light associated with them. This was across the ages groups as between men and women. Question 1b. responses - Doctor / Consultant; The descriptors had a much wider range from personal attributes to objects and race. Most men and women wrote items such as a stethoscope. Other answers

that females put were such as; foreign, clever, confusing, use big words, useful, posh, dont always come up to expectation, clean, rude, green scrubs, clogs, hospital, handsome, caring, rich, geeky looking, life savers, distant, informative and busy. Unlike the fire man/woman there was nothing about salary, which is a lot higher than most other jobs. The female and male think together that a doctor/consultant is respected and intelligent. Other than stethoscopes, the male participants described doctors/consultants as; prescriptions, scalpels, calming advice, mixed bag - can be good or can be awful, supportive, understanding - some of them anyway, doctor down the road, professional, intellectual, serious, rich, well qualified, kind, caring, welcoming, formal clothing, Consultant = normally older and more experienced individual, suits, male and female, serious, rushed, sophisticated, geek, clean, white coat, patient, classy, busy, friendly, ambulances, life saver, honest and a hero. All of the comments from men and women are very similar and this I think would be the same internationally, as Doctors dont vary very much. The main variations would be in difference sectors that a Doctor can specialise in. If I asked characteristics of a paediatrician, they would be very different from those in a surgeon Question 1c. responses - Businessman / woman; Answers between men and women were very similar, both sexes pointing out the obvious suit, brief case, laptop, money, busy and smart. The joint questionnaire results are also included within this bracket. Extra comments from both female and male questionnaires are; risk takers, cities, offices, career driven, suave, 'The Apprentice', stressed, Spectrum of Richard Branson to Alan Sugar, determined, confident, materialistic, transport, argumentative, arrogant, ruthless, The I.T. Crowd (television programme), boring and suburbs. These were mentioned across the board for male and female, giving the same response for this type of persona. I think across the world this would vary, mainly due to how developed the business world in that country is. There may also be differences in dress, e.g. London might be different to Tokyo. Question 1d. responses - Beautician; The male response was similar to a female response, however the males focused nearly all of their answers on what this kind of person would look like. I expected this as men dont generally use beauticians and men arent beauticians. Some of the responses from both male and females were; blonde, good looking, make up, female, fake nails, shallow, plastic, uniform, orange, dumb, clean, girly, fake and chatty. The other male responses that were so wide said were things such as; retard,

vain, glamorous, insecure, patronising, nice to look at, may come from Essex, not many qualifications, lack of ambition, well dressed, young, Dolly, dopey, beautiful and funny. The response I had from the joint male and female questionnaire was; chatty and not necessarily beautiful. This was slightly controversial from what just the male and female participants seemed to think. The responses I had from the female participants, that werent as generic as the ones by both male and female are; what are they for, spray tan, hair extensions, perfectionists, tried to make people feel better about themselves, nice chat and useful for when I look awful. I found that women focused a little more about the person and what they can do to make you feel better more so than the men. However overall most of the answers were about looks. Question 1e. responses - Policemen / women; Between male and females, most of the responses I had back were about what they wear and equipment, some of these included; uniform, Helmet, committed, smartly dressed, Clumpy shoes, high trousers, big hats, aggressive, bullet proof vest, radio, busy, handcuffs, safety, tall and confident. There were of course a few other answers given, some from women included; want to use powers, interrupting, annoying, violent, law abiding, weapons, pepper spray, strict, bit dumb, strong, brave, over equipped, not always there when you want them and nice to have a chat to. The joint questionnaire came up with the answer of; patient, brave and racist. In certain areas the racism is believed to be very true. This is a wide spread allegation against the police. The responses from the male population asked were; serious, authority, kids in blue, sensible, violent, obnoxious, straight edge, sirens, justice, protector, over zealous with (innocent) youngsters, frequently lose respect due to THEIR attitude, let down by fit, young, law, assertive, tough, humourless, organised, idiot, useless, committed, strong character, fairly bad job - cant be that enjoyable, friendly but uptight, helpful, emergency, under-cover, guns, car chases and over worked. All of these answers show those who have had bad experiences, good experiences or those who have just thought about objects to do with the police. It is the same with people as it is with the police; snap judgements of the person make the career what they thought it was. This can in some cases challenge perceptions but in many other cases, reinforce the stereotype or type of person associated with police work. Question 1f. responses - Waiter/waitress; Responses I have from female participants were such as; pleasant, hard working, black uniform, note pads, special boards, stressed, attractive, tips, flustered, helpful, kind, calm appearance, polite, smiles, well dressed, Frankie and Bennys, food, quick, clean, underpaid, can be stroppy, don't see why we give them tips

they only do their jobs. These were close to the male responses; impersonal, talkative, silver service, dining out, young, smart, uniform, underpaid, inexperienced, bored, fill in job, tips, well presented, confident, friendly, pad and pen, manner, polite, kind, efficient, attractive, hard working, understanding and washing up. The joint male and female questionnaire thought the kind of people were foreign, mainly Eastern European. All of these answers show that men and womens perceptions about this group of people were similar and widely agree. This would be interesting to do this internationally and see if there were any main differences. This could be in what is thought of the type of person or the type of person doing the describing. Question 1g. responses - Referee; Some responses from men were much different from women. This could be as sport is seen as more of a male area/more masculine. Some of the male ideas were; whistle, football, jobsworth, arrogant, in the way, control freak, goggle-eyes, blind, stripy shirt, fleet of foot, red and yellow cards, middle aged, male, uniform, impartial, commanding, mature, authoritative, brave, stupid job for so little money, stubborn, calm. restrained, athletic, stern and swearing. Female responses included; controller, sporty, handsome, shorts, knobbly knees, cold, aggressive, male, middle aged, whistle, cards, football, rugby, uniform, official, like power, loud voice, fit, self assured, confident, man running around a pitch in lycra shorts waving his hands, in the way, stupid, pointless, badly dressed, penguin, strict, weird stripy outfit, take a lot of abuse, very disciplined, black and white, long socks and can make stupid decisions. Joint questionnaire answers were such as; fit and strong willed. These were characteristics that were also hinted at by the males and females who took the questionnaire individually. Question 1h. responses - Scientists; Scientists had few responses that were all similar from male and female participants. The general impressions that were given by both sets of men and women were mainly; white coat, mad hair, test tubes, chemicals, explosions, pens in top pocket, cant be without them, geeky, clever, glasses, lab, experiments, economic, microscope, lonely, quiet, intense, serious, Toby Christford, future, breakthrough, yearning to discover some thing, male and female, boffin, no common sense, eccentric, incompetent, devoted, pale, and nerdy. These were all done separately by men and women, the joint questionnaire thought of clever and the type of person to have a beard. This could be due to older, influential scientists of the past. Many people also think that scientists are older and wiser.

Question 1i. responses - Judges; Judges, as above with the scientist, there were fewer responses compared to some other stereotypes asked about, and it was similar between men and women. The man and women who took the questionnaire together had the response of wig and they are out of touch. Many people view judges as living in their own bubble. They also are only to be seen to have one side or another; good or bad. This can depend on the situation of the people who have had experiences with a judge. Some responses by men and women were similar to each other. These were; strict, wig, superior, robes, protection, old, hammer, like authority, detached from the case, unfriendly, unapproachable, Judge Judy, loves her power above everyone but listens to what is relevant, order, leader, decisions, slow, posh, dark, rich, out of touch, red coat, The Old Bailey, corrupt, aura, formal and open views. Question 1j. responses - Chef; Some of the most common answers by men were; food, chefs hat, knives, man, sweaty, hard working, whites, smoking, Gordon Ramsay, stressed, fire, yelling, new recipes, dreaming of Michelin Stars, creative, 30-60 years old, imaginative, motivated, friendly, patient, perfectionist and daring. The joint questionnaire came up with creative and sweaty. Both responses were said by men and women separately. Other thoughts from the female responses were; lots of yummy food, smoker, check trousers, greasy hair, sweat, hard working, can be bullies, funny hat, organised, funny, creative, shouts, good cook, busy, male, medium height, slightly fat, oven, bulk, order bell, young, aggressive and artistic. Question 1k. responses - Barmen / women; Barmen and women got the responses from male participants of; pint, pub or club, young, lazy, savvy, banter, chatty, lively, listener, well presented, sociable, barrel and pump, darts, pool, hard work, temporary, confident, efficient and attractive. The male and female who did the questionnaire together thought barmen/women were chatty and smiley. Women seemed to think a little different to men. Some of the answers were; excellent job, come in handy, friendly face, shinning glasses, fun, Manets painting of Bar at the follies Begeres, young, chatty, busy, tricks, ice, flirtatious, cheerful, lots of makeup if female, Aussie Drifter, social, laughing, alcohol, outgoing, loud, hard working, boobs out for the lads, cheeky and laid back. I would think this would be similar any where across the world, the only major differences between places across the world would be ages and types of people in different types of bars.

Question 1l. responses - Artist / Photographer; I combined Artist/photographer as some people may think of more than the other. It would also be interesting to see if people put more about one than the other. Would this give anything away from them? Would it have anything to do with their age? I am now curious to the fact of was artist answered about more just because it was written in the question first. Some of the answers I had from female participants were; cool job, paint covered, eccentric, dress sense, dungarees, very free thinking, creative, easel, funny hat, colourful, quiet, untidy, artistic, disorganised, individual, stressy person who is a perfectionist, different types of artist and photographers, scatty, funny, outside the box, canvas, paint, camera, journal, young, posh, wealthy, smock, beret, palette, intense, talented and perceptive. Some of the male responses I had included; canvas, camera, brushes, lights, weddings, passionate, individual, deep, exploration, colours and talented. These were similar to the responses from the joint questionnaire which had the answers of artistic, creative, imaginative and skilled. Even though there are different types of artists and photographers, many people stereotype them in similar categories. Question 1m. responses - Builders; Builders unfortunately gained many negative ideas and responses from both men and women. This could be due to bad experience or word of mouth. It also could have a lot to do with the money charge or how they look. Another question I could have asked to add variety and see more about people would be British builders against other from other countries e.g. Poland. Female responses include; hard hat, covered in cement, doc martins, ripped jeans, fairly lazy, dont like it when they bend over, strong, fit, bum, smell, dirty white van, man, badly dressed, yellow safety hat, dirty, mean with muscles in summer with music loud, tattoos, sun tan, cocky, not that clever, not to be trusted, tea/coffee. early morning, all weather, funny, chatty, rude, working class, bricks and scaffolding. Greedy was the only answer given by the male and female in the joint questionnaire. Male participants had many of the traits and stereotypes that the female respondents thought of. Different one to those by the females were; brickie, construction site, jeans, shirtless, chavvy, sand, ladders, tools, coarse, radio, thick set, deadline, like a laugh, cowboys and fun. Men seemed to see more good things about builders where as women didnt, this could be due to another stereotypical aspect of builders; the wolf whistle. Question 1n. responses - Students; Students had a limited response. This may have been due to the younger age range that was accessible to me, and so less comments on what these people could be classed as, not wanting to be seen in a bad light or generally not

knowing the student stereotype as they are one. Admitting it or not. Male responses included; books, graduation caps. hope, future, drunk, lazy, tired, nerd, young, not a lot of common sense, enthusiastic, unfussy, poor, nocturnal, bad cooking, clubs and university. Female responses were, again, similar to the ones outlined by male participants. Some of the different answers were; grubby, skinny jeans, pot noodle, baseball hats, converse, laptop, too much drinking, usually scruffy, clever, bag, sleepy, broke, unkempt, college, work, common room, foreign person with a massive rucksack who doesnt understand how to cross a road, goes out a lot, pub, ready meals, untidy, alcohol, lectures, tired, loan, having a laugh, posh, young, white, laptop, fun loving, awesome and a good laugh. Hopeful and young were the ideas that came from the male and female from Chislehurst who did the questionnaire together. Question 1o. responses - Teachers; Teachers had fairly varied answers. This I think is from an experience point of view. Inspiring or not. It is also about how much the individual liked education overall and if they decide to remember more good than bad things. Some female responses were; some are cool but one that give us homework and shout suck, a thankless demanding job, understanding of young people, actor, piles of marking, stressed, middle aged, responsible, can be funny, personality, helpful, board pens, stern when needed, men - tatty old suit, sweaty, brief case, female casually dressed, woman with high waisted trousers and you can hear them a mile off, clever, white board, pens, kind, informative, sleepy, calm, bit weird, could do better, usually scruffy, books, chalk and red pen. These were responses only by women, but men seemed to have a similar view, extras that werent mentioned by women were; cardigan, chalk board, caring, formal, learning, comprehension, important role, cold, academic, firm but fair, apple, engaging and experienced. The three words used by the joint male and female questionnaire sum up teachers well to those out of education but are also accurate. Committed, patient and kind. Teachers are extremely committed with the hours they work. Many under estimate this when younger. Marking and planning lessons takes up much time. These responses would be similar over the world and of course vary between ages and experience. Question 1p. responses - Musicians; I was interested to see what people would put for a Musician. One of the main reasons were due to the different behaviours of musicians throughout history. Depending on the musical taste of the individual it would depend on the behaviour of the era and genre so creating differences within answers. This would give a lot about a person away. However it could also be if people focus on good or bad or individuals within the music world and what they saw of that person. Some responses from both men and women that were similar included; skinny jeans, greasy hair, interesting people, rich, posh, nice clothes, noisy, fag,

loud, dress to suit the style of music, talented, creative, dedicated, drugs, alcohol, lots of money, instruments, recording studio, Jack Daniels. women, tour, Rock n Roll, young, guitar, concerts, bands, gigs, orchestras, crazy hair, sex, stage dive, drums, unpredictable, soulful, entertaining and inventive. Noisy and creative were also used by the two people who did the questionnaire together, showing there are some ways in which all the genres can come together. However not everyone would call it noise. Question 2. Young People Stereotypes - responses; This question and the next are about young people in society. This is more about different stereotypes given to young people, some responses where just words to describe young people. 2 males, 17 and 77, did not answer this question. The responses from the remaining male participants included; Chavs, geeks, freaks, gimmers, cool people, Inbetweeners, follow the group, loud, worry free, happy, anti-social behaviour, always on facebook, fun, easily excitable, energetic, can be disruptive, hoodies, low jeans, loud music, piercings, ipods in, casual dress, unruly, binge drinking, pregnancy, gaming, thugs, knife crime, violence, scum, no respect, dangerous driving, alcohol, rudeness, impatience, violence, dead ended and drunkards. Nearly all of these answers are bad and yet many more males seemed to think good things about young people when asked in the next question. Joint questionnaire answer to this question was; lazy, lethargic, work shy/enthusiastic, energetic and positive. All my female participants gave an answer to this question, some of the examples of what they thought are; Students, hoodies, hanging around street corners, graffiti, binge drinking, chavs, teenagers trying to adapt to adult life, drugs, yobs, parties, Nike, Lonsdale, trackies, Burberry, emos, goths, geeks, thugs, badly behaved, underaged drinking and vandalism. As with the males most of these answers are based on bad things about young people. Question 3. Good or Bad Things About Young People - responses; This question, similar to the one above, is more about how the stereotypes that are suggested in question 2, are thought of in society. Out of the female participants only one, 43, did not answer. A 19 year old female thought half good things and half bad. The good things included working hard, looking to the future, determined, chilling, fin, chatting, facebook, a new generation of people that bring difference into the community, decent clothes and fashion sense, polite, courteous, more open to address their opinions and they enjoy life. The bad things included; underaged smoking, drinking and trouble. Unfortunately only 6 female

participants, 77, 77, 47, 46, 18 and 17, thought good things about young people. These responses included; helpful, hard working, young people one participant knows has good friends, another thought good things as she is a young person herself, one of the 77 year old participants thinks good things but all the publicity goes to the bad things and kind. The remaining female participants thought bad things about young people, some of their responses include; drink, drugs, sex, teenage pregnancy, failing school, chavs stealing, gangs, vandalism and they nothing to do. The joint male and female questionnaire participants thought more good things than bad, e.g. enthusiastic, energetic and positive. A good response for a male, 48, and female, 37, together thinking of young people. The male take on good or bad thoughts towards young people were 3 participants were 50/50 on good and bad. Some of their ideas were; Bad - kids are annoying, babies are horrendous/disgusting, ages 10-15 are generally irritating, chavs he dislikes, some people turn out to be an irritant to society, generation barriers, some can be aggressive and large groups are intimidating Good - 16+ become more bearable, some grow up into normal people, treating people as you find them, cheerful and are oblivious to worries of life. One male, 17, did not put an answer. 6 males thought more good things than bad, some of these ideas included; engaged, interested, passionate about certain issues, dedicated, hard working, enjoying life to the full, accept responsibility and consequences, polite. fun, interesting, increasing intelligence, economic benefits to the future as more young people become qualified and opinionated. Only 4 males seemed to think more bad things about young people. The controversial thing is that the ages of these people are; 17, 21, 20 and 18, all fairly young people who in some ways can be put into the categories they are describing. Some examples of what they said are; Chavs, no respect, scum, high insurance as young people are dangerous drivers, just about everything bad and nothing good. There seems to be a higher percentage of people, male and female that generally think more good things than bad, if the people who thought 50/50 good to bad, are considered. Question 4. Men & Women Stereotyped - responses; I added in the question about if and how men and women are stereotyped in different ways as I wanted to compare between male and female participants, if one has a stronger view than the other. Typically we would think females would

have a stronger view on this than men, however my results have shown me that men are much more aware of this than that is recorded in the past. Three males, 20, 34 and 77, provided no answer to this question. Out of the remaining males feedback was all yes there are differences. Some further notes about this topic are; due to physical strength, practicality, multitasking women, men are more dangerous and so have higher car insurance, women are more emotional and sentimental then males, men are more independent, housewife, due to sexual tendencies, women are sex objects due to marketing, no pressure on men for slimness and eating habits, big gender barrier, blonde women are dumb but blonde men arent, due to historical and social factors, women are vulnerable, men are a risk to women, traditional views that arent as highly regarded today and typical business man. Most of the answers given here are due to old, traditional values. Another question that I could have asked would have been if the traditional views were still believed in by the participants. The male and female questionnaire response was about gender and social standing, determining different stereotyping between the genders. All of the females that took part agreed that men and women are stereotyped differently. Some of the extra answers giver were such as; men go to work, housewife, men seen as stronger and smarter, it depends on their job e.g. firefighters are mainly men and beauticians mainly women (this doesnt matter), men = macho and worker, women = cleaning, map skills, driving, suits, sporty, DIY, women are dainty and kind, multitasking women, men only one job at a time, men are supposedly stronger sex, women are always trying to fill mens shoes, emotional, providers, roles at home and in the work place, cooking and tidying, where you live, male builders are always trying to rip people off, female blondes are dumb/stupid. Many of these responses are found in both the male and female answers. This shows that people recognise there are differences, however it does not mean people are trying to break down these stereotypical rules. In many cases the tables are slowly changed, for example househusbands are becoming more heard of. Question 5. Name more Stereotypes - responses; Question 5 was where I asked participants if they could think of any more stereotypes they thought of. The female answers came back as about; racial stereotypes, sexuality, place you come from, athletic, age related, celebrities, social groupings, class, soldier, sailer and youth cliques. Two female participants, 18 and 51, did not name any more. The male and female, joint questionnaire just stated there were many more than asked about.

Out of the male participants, 5 of them had no answer when asked about more stereotypes. The ages ranged across the board for this. The ones who did answer however, came up with answers such as; footballer, elderly, pilot, nurse, air steward/stewardess, vicars, corner shop keepers, politicians, hippies, youth, trades men/women, Lawyers, accountants, manual workers, gay, single mum, French, smokers, Robber/Burglar, Nerds and goths. I was surprised with the diversity of extra stereotypes that arose from this question, e.g. vicars. Men seemed to come up with more diverse and more stereotypes in general, compared to female participants. This could be due to the higher number of men in all professions compared to women. A big example of this is within politics. Question 6. Do You Feel You Are Stereotyped - responses; This question was about if the participant felt they were stereotyped and what stereotype they would fall into. One male participant, 34 said they did not feel stereotyped. One other, 77 year old, male did not answer. A 20 year old male thought he was sometimes categorised based on looks rather than capability, is what stereotype you might fit into; two other 20 year old males didnt believed they were stereotyped. The remainder male participants ages ranged between 17 and 53. A 53 year old male thought his stereotype would be focused around his age, the next oldest, 51 male, thought his stereotype would be a Business man. This to me shows that people around the same age group can have very different mentalities. Most of the other males are between the ages of 17 and 21, all these participants thought of stereotypes that older generations might think of, some examples are; teen, young person, dangerous, jock, goth/grunger or a student. One male pointed out that it depended on what clothes he had decided to wear, leading to different thoughts about him and stereotyping. The questionnaire completed by the male and female, said yes they both believed they were stereotyped, but it depended on who was making the assumption/stereotyped thought. This raises a very good point of different groups stereotyping one another in different ways, hence causing a confusion of stereotyping across one general board. Out of the female participants many more of them didnt think they were stereotyped, or if they were it was by certain people, in a given situation. One female, 19, didnt believe she was stereotyped due to a wide range of interests, clothing types, music tastes and friends. These are some of the main areas in which we group people, as so it could be seen to make it harder with wider activities. One 47 year old female thought she was stereotyped but unsure as into a certain category. Confusion in a individual also leads to general confusion when

stereotyping, meaning there are many ideologies to what makes up a certain group of people. One out of two of my 77 year old females believed she was stereotyped as an old person, who to some are seen as a nuisance. The other however viewed herself as a mother if she fell into a category. A female of 46 thought herself as similar, but more as a housewife, who some can view as lazy. The remaining 3 females, ages 14, 17 and 18 all think they are grouped into some kind of youth, e.g. chav, geek, musician or student. This shows that even around similar areas and ages, there is huge variety in what people think about themselves and how they are viewed by others. Question 7. Stereotyping Used In Every Day Life - responses; Everyone, male or female, who answered this question, agreed that everyone does stereotype. Some put in more depth; in the media, without noticing, in our schooling or working lives e.g. interviewers. Two males, 17 and 34 thought it was natural. Another observant male pointed out it was clear that people follow and think stereotyping is used in everyday life, or they would not have been able to fill out the questionnaires.