Representation - Tessa Perkins

Tessa Perkins argues that stereotypes, although simple in form, are in fact compressed and shorthand ways of referring to quite complex social relationships

Tessa concluded that stereotyping is not a simple process and there are five assumptions that can be challenged

1. Stereotypes aren't always negative however, negative stereotypes are dominant

2. Not always about minority groups or the less powerful

3. People can stereotype their own group

4. They are unchanging

5. Stereotypes are not always false