Stereotype ("My Body Is My Own Business" Naheed Mustafa)

Stereotypes are the defining and labeling a specific group of people. All of us have a range of images of people, places, or things which are unique to our personal outlook, but these are of interest our mentalities which appear in our instant. Impacts of stereotyping in our multicultural groups are serious; it will mislead our ability of judgment. In "My Body Is My Own Business" Naheed Mustafa discusses her reasons of wearing the "Hijab", …

…of confidence to show her face along with her culture instead of the strength she claims she has. The nature of human is to compete with others; we compare and contrast our strength and ability in order to highlight ourselves. Stereotypes examine a beliefs and values about people. In other words, stereotypes encourage people to emphasize an image to a group or individual, but there's also disadvantage which it's damaging to us with our behavior.