Psychologists find that adults take girls' pain less seriously. Gender stereotypes can hurt children -- quite literally. When asked to assess how much pain a child is experiencing based on the observation of identical reactions to a finger-stick, American adults believe boys to be in more pain than girls, according to a new study. Source 8g.
In my opinion people need to understand that stereotyping exists in everyone, in any way shape or form of what kind it is. The real problem is when some people move on from simple words and thoughts to actions, and that can cause some destruction of certain lives.