National Myths-Stereotypes

How often do we fall into a stereotype about other nation or national? More often than we are ready to admit.

Following is a list of some national myth-stereotypes that are not as uncommon among Mexicans as they should be. The idea is not to insult anyone. Remember: this is not how the people/countries are, but how our stereotypes depict them.

I would love to see a list of myths-stereotypes from other countries.

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National myths-stereotypes (as seen by Mexicans)

Japan

Japanese are always taking photographs.
They live in egg-sized apartments, full of electronic gadgets.
Japanese are good at math.
Japanese have no creativity; they copy, paste in a smaller frame, and wholesale.
All Japanese are wannabe Americans.
Japanese men have tiny wieners.
Since Japanese women are suited to their men, they'd have coital pain if in intercourse with a black man.


India

Indians are very peaceful.
They eat very little, like Gandhi.
The ones with turbans are computer geeks.
They are very good at sex, hence the Kamasutra, except for the ones with turbans, who only care about computers.

Europe

Europeans think they're superior ?'cause they have culture.
Europeans hardly ever take showers; that's why they use so much perfume.
The French are the filthiest; that's why their perfumes smell even better.

England

English are perverts, especially if from the upper class, and mostly on the sadist side.
Petticoat punishment is very common in England, especially among the upper class.
English people do not show their emotions, except in a football match.
If they go to a football match, they all become dangerous hooligans.
The only good thing about the English is that they despise the Americans.

Germany

Germans obey orders; that's why they're efficient, even in concentration camps.
German parents and teachers often slap the children; that's why they become obedient.
Germans have no sense of humour at all.
Germans often worry about ontological stuff: "Where do I come from?", and the sort
Germans never give up. They are like machines.

Spain

Spaniards are stupid; if they are from Galicia, then they're absolute imbeciles.
Spaniards smoke loads of cigars, especially when they go to the bullfights.
All Spanish men grow 5 o'clock shadows and have unibrows (women have also unibrows, but tweeze them).
Spaniards don't speak; they yell.
Spaniards are totally unable to learn foreign languages (obvious, they're so stupid); math is also forbidden for them. A Spaniard scientist has got to be a foreigner.
Spaniards think they're superior because their ancestors conquered us.

Cuba

Cuban women are all whores.
All Cubans are great dancers.
Cubans are always happy and willing to dance, no matter the hardship. They don't take life seriously.
Cuban men and women are great lovers, but will be with you only for the money. Don't turn around or they'll cheat on you.
For any Cuban, any other Cuban is a s.o.b.
Cubans think they're superior because all they need to be legal in the US is to ask for political asylum.

Central America

All Central Americans would kill to become Mexicans.
They are all dirt poor, small in size and the women are pregnant.
They understand we are superior.

Gringos (that is US citizens, we're also Americans)

Gringos are ignorant.
White gringos are racist; black gringos are just as racist, only they don't tell it straight away.
All gringos care about is money.
Gringos are shrewd; they'd never do a favour for free.
Gringos do everything fast: mostly working, eating and having sex.
Gringos are war-loving people, even the so-called peacenicks. They admire bullies, hence their love of American Football.
Gringos would dogmatically defend their last-place team in baseball; it's like defending your religion.
While in the US, you can be sued for just about anything, and even if you win, you lose a lot of money to a gringo lawyer.
Gringas are fun to be with, but terrible to marry; they dominate their men, have affairs, divorce and ask for alimony on crazy grounds.
Gringos are the best possible match for a Mexican woman: rich, not stingy and thankful of being dominated in a subtle, not harsh way.
The US would not be rich, were it not for Mexican hard labour and the huge profits their companies send home from abroad.
Gringos think they're superior, only because they're rich, and don't need papers to get into the US.