Stereotypes are generalizations or assumptions that people make about the characteristics of all members of a group, based on an image, often – wrong one, about what people in that group are like. There are different sourses of stereotypes, for example they can arise because of lack of personal experience, popular media sourses that tend to generalize certain ethnic, gender and religious groups, or because of fear of differences. Sometimes we can become so called victims of stereotypes. I have a very bright example from my own experience. When I was living in America for a year I met a lot of people who reacted differently when I told them about my nationality. Most of them thought that Russia was a place where bears were still walking in