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Where do Americans get this idea that French people are dirty?
Why do American people think that French women don't shave, that French people don't shower and that they have questionable hygiene?
Ok. Thanks for your answers so far.
I should say that I'm French. And I take showers at least once a day. And so do my friends, and family and people I know.
I have to admit, though, that it's pretty bothersome, all the dog poop on the sidewalks. When I was living abroad, I could read a book walking there or watch the sun and the clouds. In Paris, you start failing all the "Emotional Quotient" tests that ask you whether while alking on the street you look at your feet or at the sky ;)
And indeed, we have a lot of homeless people, many of whom are not very diligent at searching for toilets or places where showers and washing machines are available for them.
But, this is something most citizens are very annoyed with. And go say to your government that something needs to be done in the current economic situation.
Normally, peeing in a public place, not picking your dog's poo or spitting your chewing gum on the ground costs you 35 euros. But most people just don't
5 réponses
- MikelLv 5il y a 9 ansRéponse favorite
From what I've heard, it's because of the American soldiers who were in France during WW2 who found the French pretty dirty. Obviously, they didn't understand that it may have been because the country had been occupied for 5 years and people lacked everything and were more interesting in eating to survive rather than bath or shave armpits.
- ?Lv 4il y a 5 ans
Americans aren't any smarter than any one else. They generally tend to hate the men and women of a nation due to the fact of the movements of the politicians. During WW2, Germans and Japanese have been hated. Some men and women at present hate Iraqis, Iranian or simply all Arabs. Does this make any feel? No, however unluckily Americans don't seem to be any brighter than the leisure of the sector. I were to France, correctly, I were to a entire lot of nations, adding Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Iraq, Kuwait, Romania, Hungary and perhaps six or 8 extra. The factor I spotted is that men and women are precisely the identical in each and every nation. Why must we hate the men and women of any nation? The quandary is the politicians. They are those who begin the wars. And they're those who let us know who we must hate.
- Anonymeil y a 9 ans
*sniff* thats how.
you know there is a thing where japanese people who visit france with such idolized romantisized ideas of what its like... they literally go temporarily insane after seeing and meeting the french.
thats some stank right there.
bathing habits really are different... apparently showering on a daily basis is "obsessive"
- Anonymeil y a 9 ans
it'a a stereotype since the days of colonization, europeans were known to be dirty
