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It took me aback to stop and think about how common stereotypes are in this day in age. Without even the mere thought of doing so, stereotypes are placed on people daily, and have been for years. The four groups that were chosen to write this paper on were selected for a specific purpose. If you stop for a minute and think individually about politicians, tattooed persons, feminists and senior citizens, you will find that a specific thought or image immediately follows. In some cases, someone you know may fit into one of these categories, but many times you think of the attributes that commonly go along with each one; this is how stereotypes are created.
Each one of these groups holds many positive and negative common stereotypes. The stereotypes that were given to these groups have been and will continue to be effected by the culture of the current time. Lets begin by taking a look at politicians. If you think back to the origination of our county, politicians were the......

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