and how it influences our judgement and behaviour towards a stereotyped individual or social group. In this regard, my main argument is that stereotypes are deeply ingrained in our social and cultural structures that they manifest into prejudices that we are usually unconscious about
Marx and Weber laid particular emphasis on power. Foucault continued some of the ideas they pioneered. The role of discourse is central to his thinking about power and control in society. He used the term to refer to ways of talking or thinking about particular subjects that are united by common assumptions. Foucault demonstrated the dramatic way in which
romantically, is a result of external influences and the discourse that heterosexuality is the biologically and historically natural and preferred practice. This is oppressive for women as they are given little to no choice in and are led into heterosexual relationships and marriage. Women must suppress their true sexual feelings to be accepted as normal in society and remain respected by men and those in higher power, such as employers, family and friends. Foucault’s (1979) opinions on sexuality oppose
Annie John’s white piano teacher was a shrivelled up old spinster from Lancashire, England who loathed her native student’s manners and looked down upon them as barbaric offspring of an intellectually inferior race. Racial prejudice seemed to be one of the reasons behind this assumption of superiority. When she was twelve Annie shifted to a new school on account of her good credentials. There was the challenge of assimilation and adapting to the new environment. The classmates, the school routine
self in texts (written and oral, in one modality or in multiple modalities, in isolation or in a group) might be changed by a number of factors including race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality as well as context, situation, audience, purpose, power, and