I know that there was a time between the 1950s and 1960s when cartoons became a kid’s entertainment in the US because TV was becoming popular and parents needed something to get kids’ attention while they worked. And comics used to be more appropriate for adults when people started complaining that they were too inappropriate, so comic publishers started to make more family-friendly comics in response to the complaint. And that is how comics and cartoons get their stereotypes (I’m not sure about comics though).

But how about a country like mine, which didn’t have the same history with cartoons and comics but still holds on to the stereotypes? Granted, cartoons and comics back then were primarily aimed toward children, but as the country started to be exposed to different culture and media and more mature cartoons and comics started to be translated and published, you think people would change their attitude. But no, they hold onto it, even when there is no good reason to be so biased.

I think there may be a deeper reason why the stereotypes exist in the first place. What do you think?