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I've noticed many Brazilians of predominately European descent get irritated whenever a question that entertains the international perception of Brazil and Brazilians come up. The issue that I have is that there's nothing wrong with Samba and the carnival culture? It's a great add-on to the Brazilian identity. What other brand could we associate with Brazil?
Here's a blog entry of a Brazilian who want to change the perception of Brazil.
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The most common image of Brazilian women is a stereotype, most of the time, a negative stereotype. To confirm that, we did a survey in our English class at UFRGS with academic mobility students that came to Brazil to learn Portuguese. They have been living here, in average, since the beginning of the year and they have been studying Portuguese and Brazilian culture, in average, for two years. According to them, [MOD CUT/copyright violation]
Seems to me that whomever wrote that want for the world to stop seeing Brazilian women as ready-to-be-raped prostitutes.
What's wrong with wanting a more positive image?
I agree with the premise of the complaint. Outside of Brazil the image is of a super liberal society when in reality Brazil is a very conservative nation.
Seems to me that whomever wrote that want for the world to stop seeing Brazilian women as ready-to-be-raped prostitutes.
What's wrong with wanting a more positive image?
I agree with the premise of the complaint. Outside of Brazil the image is of a super liberal society when in reality Brazil is a very conservative nation.
Beautiful women dancing to nice music isn't a positive image? Brazil isn't a conservative country. It's a progressive one.
I agree with you that SOME white Brazilians get irritated about our traditional cultural roots, identity and image.
It's specially true in the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
But that's a MINORITY.
Fact is, the MAJORITY of white Brazilians LOVE our identity, LOVE our music, LOVE our samba, and our culture.
If you have any doubt about it, go to the streets of Rio de Janeiro during the Carnaval, and look at the huge number of white Brazilians there, ejoying the samba.
I agree with you that SOME white Brazilians get irritated about our traditional cultural roots, identity and image.
It's specially true in the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
But that's a MINORITY.
Fact is, the MAJORITY of white Brazilians LOVE our identity, LOVE our music, LOVE our samba, and our culture.
If you have any doubt about it, go to the streets of Rio de Janeiro during the Carnaval, and look at the huge number of white Brazilians there, ejoying the samba.
Big butt women look like prostitutes? Your perception of women is limited. TIL petite women can't be prostitutes.
Women in skimpy clothes shacking their behinds is an act that incites sexual desires.
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Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey
What's funny is that women are persistently sexualized in American(US) mass medium, but I don't think you have a problem with that.
Actually, I do have a problem with this. Women shouldn't be treated as if they are only worthy of being prostitutes or mere objects of sexual gratification. There is a difference between the American objectification and the Brazilian one, because I don't think many people think of the United States as one giant brothel where sexuality is so liberated that girls frequently sleep even with their uncles and fathers and incest is widespread, which is how Brazil is often thought of.
Brazil is often seen as the largest brothel on earth with orgasm hungry women that exist for the sole purpose of satisfying every man that walks past them. That's why so many men in the USA are so interested in visiting Brazil.
Really hate how people here prioritize samba, soccer and churches either than what they actually need. I'll be creating a massive thread on those topics and exposing what actually happens in here that foreigners are not aware of.
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