Even when stereotypes are fought against, that doesn't mean people think they are incorrect. Even now people still make gender stereotypes without even thinking of it. Just looking at the picture above you can see what colour is most associated with boys and girls. Yet, the truth is a lot of these gender stereotypes are actually quite untrue around the world.
Here are some of the following stereotypes and the how untrue it is:
- Boys wear pink and girls wear blue in Belgium. In addition in the early 1900's it was also the opposite since pink was closer to red (a male colour) and blue was associated to the Virgin Mary for girls
- In Southern Vietnam men take on the women's family name, and to top it off the women also inherit everything as well upon marriage
- Valentine's Day is a day for men to be appreciated in Japan while the women have their own day on March 14th, called White Day
- The act of holding hands can be seen as a sign of affection and males of the same gender don't hold hands but in many Arab countries hand-holding is a common sign of friendship
- Near the western part of Africa females will propose to men, and they actually cannot refuse.
I have now turned your gender related mind upside down. So what was the point of telling you all these facts? Well it is simple, stereotypes no matter how accurate they may seem are simply just personal associations people believe and are not fact. The world is very different and while gender stereotyping is all around the world they might not even be the same stereotypes.
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