Sexism and gender stereotyping is in the air. Women are still looked down upon as the weaker sex. People still think women are more emotional than men, and really suck at keeping secrets. But all these “myths” are not true at all, according to science. Science tells us that women are unique people, each one of them different, and just because they have been portrayed in a way in popular media, we tend to generalize that for the whole women fraternity. Women love to settle down, marry and have kids. Men are reckless, sleep around, and are not serious about relationships at all. Women are the ones who love to get serious in relationships. But actually, men are the ones who want to settle more than women and women crave for independence in relationships rather than kids. Social scientists say that this is because the line between gender roles has been blurring for the past few decades.

Only females are affected by body shaming

It is true that body-shaming of women is more publicised by popular media, but studies show that men face the same pressure to conform to the idea of a perfect body, that is slim and ripped and without imperfections.

The studies also show that men tend to put on more muscle because of this pressure and some of them also suffer from anorexia, just like women.

This is the reason why protein supplements sell so much.It is true that body-shaming of women is more publicised by popular media, but studies show that men face the same pressure to conform to the idea of a perfect body, that is slim and ripped and without imperfections.

The studies also show that men tend to put on more muscle because of this pressure and some of them also suffer from anorexia, just like women.

This is the reason why protein supplements sell so much.

Women suck really hard at maths

Studies have shown that women are equally as good as men are at technical subjects.

Then why don’t they succeed as well as men in these fields?

Again the answer is – society.

Because for centuries we have brought girls up with the notion that they can never be as good as men in math and science, this notion is still stuck in classrooms – whether we accept it or not.

The problem is purely social, not intellectual.