9 things we get wrong about French women

French women are rude.

Eatwell attributes this false stereotype to the Parisian women that foreign travelers meet when they visit the city.
The author compared Parisian women to New York City women, as they are both busy city-dwellers who are not representative of a whole country.
“Out in the provinces, people are often charming. However, the impression of rudeness is also due to the fact that the French generally are quite reserved and aloof,” Eatwell said.
Eatwell also referenced psychologist Kurt Lewin’s theory that cultures can be divided into “coconuts” and “peaches.”
“The French, along with the Russians and Germans, are ‘coconut’ cultures. They are ‘hard’ on the outside. They rarely smile at strangers, do not easily engage in conversations, and may look nor friendly or even aggressive first,” she said. “However, if you manage to break through their hard outer shell, they tend to become close loyal friends who will accept you as family.”
“The USA and Japan, on the other hand, are examples of ‘peach’ cultures,” she said. “Americans and Japanese are ‘soft’ on the outside. They are very friendly to people they just met. However, once you get past the initial friendliness, you see the real private self is protected by a hard shell of the pit.”