When we are young, we are very easily influenced, so society teach us things that might be considered "common sense". One example of this is that your gender determines what you can and can't do in life. Girls are expected to do sports such as cheerleading, dance and gymnastics and leave the contact sports like soccer and football to the guys. Girls are also expected to be stay at home moms and do all the cooking, cleaning, and taking after the kids. Men are the ones who go to a 9-5 job and "bring home the bacon" so to say. Jobs that are considered a female profession now, like nursing and teaching? Yea, those used to be stereotypically a man's job.
As you grow older, you realize that these stereotypes can be completely wrong for some people. Some girls enjoy sports like soccer and football more than prancing around in skirts all day with pom poms in their hands, and some guys would rather cheer than play football! Some men would rather stay at home with their kids and do the cooking and cleaning, and the woman would rather be out working. As time goes on, these stereotypes will continue to evolve, but they will never truely label everyone.
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