Stereotypes are often based on a standard that society provides. This standard is called the "norm" and those that do not fit into this norm are the most often stereotyped in Australia. There are many types of stereotyping and while some of it can be positive misconceptions, the ones that the women in the texts are exposed to are mostly negative. The common "white" view of Aboriginal women that is expressed in the play "What do they call me?" is that " their spitting, swearing at strangers, their sucking on flagons, sending their minds into oblivion." The women in "Black chicks talking" also see these stereotypes throughout their lives and as such all women strive not to "fit" into it. All the women interviewed were either employed or had been employed in a line of work that is normally deemed "socially acceptable". But sometimes this very struggle not to fit into the stereotype of what an aboriginal is in the eyes of the typical Australian can lead to shame of ones culture. Instead of embracing their culture as a part of themselves, they are thrust into the task of trying to hide it. For example in the play "What do they call me?", Regina show rage towards a bartender who by using a racial slur, placed a stereotypical image of herself in her mind and simultaneously deemed it socially unacceptable and discriminated against her. All that by his simple phrase "we don't serve Boongs here." Regina reacted not by showing respect in the Aboriginal culture but by reinforcing his beliefs by saying "cant you see I"m practically white? My father is a white man, just like you that proves I am not a primitive. I was not made in the bush for your information, my name happens to be Regina Penrose Hill". As a teenager Regina, like most women, was bombarded with images of beauty and what women are by the media. The one thing that the media fails to show as beautiful to young women is Aboriginal women and as such many try to hide their Aboriginality because of the one thing that underlies the racism and that is falling into the Stereotypical trap that society has lain.
