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"There is nothing wrong is stereotyping boys and girls."
Are you telling me that you have the right for giving me a pink coloured t-shirt? Well there is nothing wrong with it, but what if I tell you that I do not like the colour pink. What if I tell you that my brother likes the colour pink but you decide to give him a blue t-shirt when you could've given him the one you gave me.

Today I am here to talk about the issue in stereotyping boys and girls. You might be thinking it is normal and there is nothing undesirable with it, but what if I tell you that several people including me take it personally. When we enter a clothing shop lets say 'mothercare' we look at two split-up sections One for girls and the other for boys. We can clearly see that the boys section is blue and the girls' section tends to be pink. Have you ever wondered why it is like that? Here let me tell you, the owners of the shop are so stereotypical that they think it is right to stereotype boys and girls, they think it is easier to put people in a certain group but they don't know that some people may take it personally.
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Why is the women's sign a lady wearing a dress? Come on, are you trying to tell me that every lady wears a dress? I have seen numerous ladies wearing jeans and trousers, but I haven't seen every single lady wearing a dress. Hari Kondabalu, even though he is a male, he still took an action for this problem. He said "We live in a world that is so sexist that women still can’t wear pants on public restroom signs” even when he said this guess what? No action was taken, but I still salute

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