Breaking Gender Stereotypes
I chose to answer number 6 in the book. A popular Bollywood movie I've watched called "Dangal" follows the life of the Olympic athlete, Geeta Phogat and her father. Before she was born, her father (who made it to national level wrestling but didn't have enough support to make it to the international level) hoped for a son who would fulfill his dream of getting India's first gold medal in wrestling. But instead he got 4 daughters. He gave up all hope of his dream because he agreed with the stereotype that girls shouldn't play sports and especially ones that have a more masculine atmosphere such as wrestling. It wasn't until he witnessed Geeta and her sister beat up two boys - both older and taller than them - that he realized wrestling was in their blood. So he starts training them to be professional wrestlers. This part was already breaking so many amazing boundaries because this was 1990s in India (when many people weren't used to females doing ...
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