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Gender Stereotypes in India

As in many societies in the world India is consider to be very sexist, especially toward women and young girls. In the more traditional areas is even considered that having a daughter is a shame and a waste and some families prefer for the mother to have an abortion when they find out they are having a baby girl. If they decide to keep her then she is raised to be a wife from a very young age and they married her in exchange of something, usually to some older men. They don't go to school and get pregnant really early. When it comes to men they are very religious, they are always hating on progressive ways and say they are hurting their traditions. They are so Interested in keeping this traditions because they benefit them even above the law.

Stereotypes

We face stereotypes everyday. "Costeños are loud" and "you can't understand women" are just one example of the many we encounter daily in our life. And the reason why they are so hurtful is because we can shape our perception of the world and it's people with them and because of that get a distorted perception of our reality and others reality as well. Take for example United States'd President Donald Trump who based on his hateful stereotypes directed towards many social groups in the country such as Muslims, Latinx immigrants, indigenous natives and other minorities has created a massive campaign of hate, discrimination and bigotry. In 2018 Trump proposed what media denominated The Muslim Ban, a law that forbid any citizen from Syria, Iran, Lybia, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea and Venezuela to enter to the United States, for a VISA or seek Asylum. The president's stereotypes that "All Muslims are Terrorists" spite the fact that the last 1...