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4. Growing Up as

Boys and Girls

Get Ready

Read this comic conversation and find out the moral you have learnt from it.

WHAT’S WRONG RAHUL?
WHY ARE YOU CRYING?

DADAJI, MY TEAM
LOST THE MATCH
TODAY.

THAT'S NOT TRUE, RIYA. BOYS ALL AND DO CRY.
RAHUL, STOP CRYING LIKE
THIS IS A GENDER STEREOTYPE THAT WE ARE
A GIRL, BOYS DON'T CRY.
TAUGHT FROM A YOUNG AGE.

WHAT IS A GENDER
STEREOTYPE, DADAJI?
GENDER STEREOTYPES ARE ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN BASED PURELY ON
THEIR GENDER. THE ASSUMPTIONS COULD BE
YES. THESE ARE OLD, BASELESS BELIEFS THAT
ABOUT THEIR ABILITIES, ROLES, AND
HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS.
PERSONALITIES.
TODAY IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT MEN AND
WOMEN ARE EQUAL. WE NEED TO LOOK AT AN
INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY RATHER THAN ASSUMING
THINGS BASED ON THEIR GENDER.

YOU MEAN HOW IT IS ASSUMED WOMEN
CAN'T DO JOBS THAT REQUIRE PHYSICAL
WORK AND MEN CAN'T COOK?

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