y seem like fun, but they may bring about a wrong impression on some people. Teens may say, “It’s my way of expressing myself,” but it is a fact, that the way a person dresses or presents him or herself tells a lot about them. People also tend to stereotype certain trends or styles to certain behaviors or characteristics. For example, when some people see a male in ‘saggy baggy’ pants, big shirts and backward baseball caps, they immediately associate them with being gangsters or muggers, and are uncomfortable being around them. I know this is a fact from first hand experience. When I was living in Belize City, a person fitting the same description mentioned earlier mugged me at gunpoint. I had never felt uncomfortable around anyone before that incident. Now, when I walk the streets of any town or city, and come across someone fitting that description I transform from, a calm and fun loving person to, an alert, suspicious and paranoid person. It is sad to think that things like this do happen.The first thing that comes into a man’s head after he sees a girl in a ‘skimpy’ outfit pass by is that she is easy going; yet another awful stereotype that exists due to choice of wardrobe. Who is anyone to justify that just because she dresses the way she does, that the girl is really easy going; but that’s how people are. The girl may just be trying to look like Christina Aguilera, Brittany Spears, Mandy Moore, or any other female artist.Despite the stereotyping, it is pretty interesting to see that people admire artists so much that they go as far as trying to look exactly like them; and if it makes them feel happy, I say go right ahead. But, like everything else in this world, it does have its consequences. ...
