Origin of stereotypes/views that create them-Davis

Stereotypes in today's society are community and "click" driven; infused in the brains of followers and people of like interests. People of similar interests group together, and usually form opinion based generalizations of others which create what is called a stereotype. Men do this because the majority of men have similar interests, women also do this where as they, for the most part enjoy sharing similar interests. The groups that produce these stereotypes get even narrower than just gender groups, such as sports teams, people of different ages, people of different races, people of different residential location. All of these groups produce stereotypes for both men and women that are viewed by all of these groups and more, through school, work, and society in general.

These same stereotypes are also very much driven by thoughts of superiority over the opposite sex. Although a stereotype may be seen by the opposite sex as extremely "sexist" or "gender biased", it could possibly be a somewhat factual statement about the male or female sex. This is the sort of thing the evokes a sort of "battle of the sexes" where men are heard "bad-mouthing" women, similarly where women are "bad-mouthing" men. I feel that it all is egotistically driven, to a point. It is an action of placing yourself, or your sex above your human race counterpart.

Gender issues have just as well grown and died throughout history due to civil rights movements, the passing of certain gender rights related legislature, and the ever evolving societies all around the world, driven by participation of both the male and female sexes in one way or another. This is the root, I believe, of all gender related stereotypes that float up and downstream, from mouth to mouth, from man to man, and from woman to woman.