Dcussion Club Diary. National Stereotypes.

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Dcussion Club Diary. National Stereotypes.

2010.03.23 12:39

If you think about French you will probably imagine a thin man drinking wine and wearing beret.  We also associate Australia with surfing, Georgia with big noses and Ukraine with salo. People thing Germans are punctual and Italians are talkative. It is called national stereotypes. Here are some suggestions:
Spanish are stupid;
Spanish 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.

Jews care about money more than anything else in their lives.
Jewish men are committed to sex, even if they don't always enjoy it.
If you want a Jew to help you, tell him you're also Jewish.

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.

Maybe you have more ideas. What do you think about Belarus, Korea, China, and Italia? What traits of character do you connect with Estonian people, Swedish, French, and German?  What national stereotypes do you know?

By the way, the most active participant was Elena (Elena, if you are reading this, could you please write me your surname)
And also I forgot to write the name of the previous winner. Maxim, you had won the second time so your chanses to get the prise at the end of the term have increased.

And this Thursday we are going to talk about pornography, its legalization and influence on society. The fact is that thanks to legalization of pornography in some countries (Japan in particular) the level of rapes and sexual assaults has been reduced dramatically. So do you think it is ok to use pornography in order to reduce violence?  

Vocabulary:
genital [reproductive] organs, genitals – половые органы
erotica – эротика, эротические фильмы, литература
porn / porno movie – порнофильм
age limit – ограничение по возрасту
corruptness – развращенность
immorality – безнравственность
depravity – порочность, развращенность
perverted – извращенный
pervert – человек, страдающий извращением
sexual misconduct – половое извращение
sexually perverted – страдающий половым извращением
sexual perversion, paraphilia – сексуальное извращение
sexual deviants — люди с половыми извращениями
relieve the stress – снять напряжение
rape, ravish – изнасиловать
sexual fantasy – сексуальная фантазия 

To express your ideas you can come to our Discussion Club on Thirsday and also do not hesitate to write your opinion here in comments! We can also discuss the topic online :)

Автор: DC Diary