Stereotypes and Prejudices

For stereotypes, I learned a lot about how French are seen by Americans. And the picture is quite funny. France is very appreciated by young Americans (I was sure after France refused to go Iraq, we would be seen as idiots even though I believe the French President of the time: Mr. Jacques Chirac made the best decision). For them, we have a very fancy food (French food is very delicate for them) our fashion is quite unique compared to Americans who take the first thing that comes in their hands but despite all these great comments we are seen as a country with a ridiculous army!!! I totally agree with them because since Napoleon we lost almost all the wars we went through (WW1 and WW2 were won with the American and ally help). They also have a very funny point of view of themselves: When we told them how America was seen in France, they mostly agreed with us and gave us their explanation of all these stereotypes: When we talked about junk food they answered it’s the “Die Happy” Philosophy (they eat what they want and it makes them happy. Their military is seen as trigger happy (shoot first and ask questions after) they agreed that they had that feeling as well. We told them they were lousy in Geography (they were able to make fun of themselves). When we talked about their constitution especially the second amendment they told us that it was “sacred” The Government is elected to defend the constitution and not change it, they were shocked that in France, we changed the constitution so often, for them it would never happen, because it could provoke a major riot.