Roughgarden Stereotypes

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Roughgarden lists different varieties of stereotypes that have affected gender expressions among certain genders. We have become accustomed to these stereotypes when most of the animal kingdom does not reciprocate these stereotypes. “Males are bigger than females”, this is a stereotype that does not apply to certain species in nature, such as female fish are larger than the male fish. “Males and females look different from one another”, this stereotype is false. As Roughgarden goes on to explain how in some species, males and females are almost indistinguishable. And how in some species “males occur in two or more forms, one of which resembles a female, while the others are different from the female”. Another example is “the male has the penis

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