What is a gender stereotype that is widely believed, but is wrong? why is it wrong?

[DexWest]

[Chazmatazz269]

“Men are inherently more violent than women.” There’s simply no evidence to support this. We do know that 100% of the data that led to this misconception was gathered and compiled inappropriately. The statistics reflect bias in enforcement and profiling. We know that for every interaction with law enforcement officers men are more likely than women to be arrested. For every arrest, men are more likely than women to be held and charged. For every charge, men are more likely than women to be prosecuted. For every prosecution, men are more likely than women to be convicted. For every conviction, men face much harsher sentences than women for otherwise identical crimes.
We also know that men are much more likely to be turned away when reporting being a victim of crime, especially when their victimizer is female. We know that intimate partner violence is highest in lesbian relationships and lowest in gay relationships. We know that men are just as likely to suffer PTSD when surviving violent crimes, active war zones and the like. We also know that people who aren’t properly held accountable are much more likely to reoffend. Since women are frequently let off the hook by anyone and everyone, it stands to reason that women will be less likely to control their violent impulses. There’s an abundance of anecdotal evidence to support that claim on social media sites like youtube.
We know that crime statistics are showing rising rates of violent crimes by women. The prevailing theory suggests that women aren’t committing more violent crimes, but law enforcement is slowly getting better at recognizing female offenders and treating them the way we have treated violent male offenders all along.
We are a long way from the whole truth and many people are still very resistant to admitting that women are just as likely as men to resort to violence. So we won’t fully understand this particular phenomenon until long after i’m dead and gone. I do hope that younger men will continue to stand up for themselves and hold women accountable. Maybe some day ours will be a species that truly treats men and women equally under the law. Probably not, but i have nothing if i don’t have hope.

[NathanDavis]

that we, men... prefer the Kardashians, the Victoria's Secret models, all those influencer girls and so many more

when the vast majority of men, really don't...

99% of the audience of these "hottest women" are females fooling themselves "this is what all men want"

[jennifer_bloom]

I have met girls who think guys only care about money and looks, that they will not notice you if you are quiet, or that they do not go for average looking girls unless the girls are rich. This is not true, men are much more emotionally diverse in their assessment of women than women are with their own gender, and they are not as shallow, or easy to trick as some people believe.

[Anonymous]

I believe men are more depressed than women is a myth. If you look at suicide statistics you can see it’s higher in men than women but suicide statistics usually just show successful suicide deaths.
Women actually attempt suicide more often than men. Women’s suicide attempts just fail more often than men.

[Chazmatazz269]

Nonsense. Human beings die all the time while they’re doing everything in their power to not die. If you “attempt” suicide and “fail”, then you weren’t actually trying to die. Those are recognized as serious cries for attention. Only idiots think you can “fail” to kill yourself. Women pretend to want to kill themselves because it gets them positive attention. Men who fake suicide attempts don’t get the same results and end up being four times as likely as a woman to “attempt” again and succeed the second time.

[Opinion Owner]

Do you seriously think a happy person would attempt suicide?
I doubt it. There are other ways to get attention. Many women these days dress provocatively to get attention.
If a person attempts suicide for attention than they were probably unhappy beforehand with their life that they weren’t getting enough attention from others. Lack of attention can make people feel unhappy.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Every negative stereotype about women is just men projecting.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Women mature earlier than men I think is widely misunderstood

[beefcakebradybatson]

We black men have enormous p*nises when white men's #boyjoy is actually slightly larger than ours.