2. Disability
• Stereotype
• Mental- childlike
• Physical- in a wheelchair
• Not part in community
• Example- will (hollyoaks), Joe (family guy), izzy
(coronation street)
3. Age
• Children- innocent, powerless
• Teenagers- difficult, moody, lazy, aggressive, bad
attitude
• Men- 20’s-30’s- love, romance, partying, making
money
• Middle aged- family, mature, strict, embarrassing,
out of date, uncool, boring lives, no real
connection to their kids
• OAP- slow, powerless, unfit, unemployed , ill,
dependent on others
4. Gender
• Male- brave, manual, dominant over women
• New man- less masculine, less aggressive, less
manual, average Joe
• Gay man- see previous slide
• Female- housewife, have kids, low paid job,
girly, feminine job, need a man
• Sexy women- different, independent, more
dominant, more bitchy
5. Class and Status
• Upper class- inherited money, rich
• Middle class- lawyers, doctors, surgeons, well
behaved
• Working class- less happy, less intelligent,
financially stable
• Lower class- people that don’t work, bad
parents, criminals
6. Regional identity
• Scottish- kilts, alcohol, aggressive, violent, outdoors, haggis
• Welsh- farmland, shag sheep
• Irish- farms, dance, alcohol, friendly, religious
• English- posh castles, the queen, football hooligans, self centred
• London- posh, upper-class, snobby, rich, poor, ghetto
• Manchester/ Newcastle/ Liverpool- fake clothes, chav, uneducated
• Essex- glamorous, cheap, footballers wives,
• Yorkshire- old fashioned, rural area
• Cornwall/ Somerset- old fashioned
• South England- Expensive, posh, centre of culture, sunnier, modern,
clever, richer, middle class
• North England- poorer, less culture, more working class jobs, bad
weather
7. Sexuality
• Heterosexual- normal
• Homosexual- feminine, weak, camp,
masculine
• Lesbians- short hair, piercing
• Examples- Christian (Eastenders), brendan
(Hollyoaks)
8. Ethnicity
• Black- criminals, poor, exotic
• White- rich, posh, being racist
• Asian- smart, hardworking, rich, advanced in
technology, shy, small
• Immigrants- illegal, drain on society, take jobs
• Indian- religious, strong communities, rules,
lot’s of children
• Middle eastern- terrorist
