Agree or disagree and Why? Many stereotypes Europeans hold about Americans and vice versa are inaccurate?

Posted on January 30th, 2010 by admin in French Beach Women

For example, it is common to portray Americans as prudish. I don’t find this to be true, or as true, as it perhaps once was. I am a Texan who goes to the nude area in Padre Island and to Hippie Hollow in Austin. No problems at all. Folks don’t care if I wear a thong on the non-nude parts of the beach. Many states have no laws against topfree women. In San Francisco, it’s legal to be simply nude. In many areas of the States, nude expression is tolerated. Here’s a stereotype about Europenas held by many Americans. They are all liberal socialists who hate America. Recently the right wing has won more seats in different parliaments. Also, when I go to France or Germany, most of the young people greet me warmly, and they are eager to practice their English as I am to practice my French and German. I fail to see the hate against Americans also when I go to the Chopin competiton in Warsaw every 5 years. Speaking of Poland, there’s a country that is probably more socially conservative than half the U.S. So here’s my question again. Why do so many stereotypes persist when they are not really accurate?

Hello,

Stereotyping is another way of saying hasty generalization. Not all people from both sides of the pond behave with their various labelled quirks and quarks but there are always some who seem to do a good job practising stereotypical behaviour thereby helping to re-enforce those beliefs in the minds of others.

Cheers,

Michael Kelly

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7 Responses to “Agree or disagree and Why? Many stereotypes Europeans hold about Americans and vice versa are inaccurate?”

  1. Fangirl Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    That holds true for all stereotypes, they aren’t meant to be accurate, and don’t mean much because they don’t hold true to all people.
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  2. Monkey Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    yes of course you should judge each person on their own merits of course
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  3. Lolla Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Because there are lots of different kinds of people everywhere and stereotypes hold no meaning.
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  4. Mike K Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    Hello,

    Stereotyping is another way of saying hasty generalization. Not all people from both sides of the pond behave with their various labelled quirks and quarks but there are always some who seem to do a good job practising stereotypical behaviour thereby helping to re-enforce those beliefs in the minds of others.

    Cheers,

    Michael Kelly
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  5. siabelieva Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    About the prudish thing: One does have to wonder why guts and gore are shown when ever, but somebody sees a nipple on primetime television, and it’s the end of the world.
    Least not we forget: Janet’s nipple-gate

    Otherwise stereotyping is dumb.
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  6. a lady Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    careful there, don’t get confused… we hate your ex government (bush) and there is anti-american feeling in that aspect (and because the wars)….. but we aren’t rude nor do we blame common citizens, hence they greet you warmly, you aren’t in the fault of what the government does. the anti-american feeling sometimes is interpreted that we hate all americans and it isn’t so, its more towards the old government.
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  7. Authentic Black American Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 9:58 pm

    San Franciso is hardly an "American" city..Id also throw much of the East and West coast..Most of these places are populated by foreigners or children of forigners… The South or the Midwest are where you find traditional Americans (i.e. George W. Bush Americans)..

    Forigeners tend to equate Americans southerners and Midwesterners as symbolic of all Americans.
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