Challenges facing youth today

 Gender stereotypes Gender stereotypes  are simplistic generalizations about the gender attributes, differences, and roles of individuals and/or groups. Stereotypes can be positive or negative, but they rarely communicate accurate information about others. When people automatically apply gender assumptions to others regardless of evidence to the contrary, they are perpetuating gender stereotyping. Many people recognize the dangers of gender stereotyping, yet continue to make these types of generalizations. Whereas in recent decades major strides toward gender equality have been made, sociologists are quick to point out that much remains to be done if inequalities in the United States are ever to be eliminated. Behind much of the inequalities seen in education, the workplace, and politics is  sexism , or prejudice and discrimination because of gender. Fundamental to sexism is the assumption that men are superior to women. Sexism has always had negative consequences for wom...

Challenges facing youth The issues facing youths in the twenty-first century are far much different from issues of youths in the twentieth century. The youth of today is considered to be much superior. They do not consider themselves to be too young to be spoiled, and they are not supposed to be old enough to take responsibility on their own shoulders. Young people in the twenty-first century know more and have access to vastly greater quantities of information than ever before. They have lots more information at their finger tips than those teaching them. This means they are less likely to accept authoritative answers. In this new Millennium society has begun to recognize serious concerns with issues that youths have to deal with today. The dangerous phenomena that characterise are numerous. Problems which the young are facing today are very different from the problems that were pressing down the young of the past. Obviously they live in different times, conditions and different y...