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=**142/150**= = = =**Dutch people**= Dutch people are people who live in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a small country in the North-West of Europe.

They speak Dutch, but they are known for speaking multiple languages. The average is 3,2.

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In the Netherlands they don't use a social stratification like they use in the USA. So there is no lower, middle or upper class. Dutch people think that social stratification leads to social inequality. Of course there is social stratification in the Netherlands, but people do not speak that open about it, like they do in the USA. The best way to describe how Dutch people use social stratification is by education. Because there is a big difference between the levels in college. So how higher your college degree how more prestige you get.

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The gender roles have changed in just a few decades. In the older generations it was normal that the husband worked and that the wife stayed home with the children. In now a days it is normal that the husband helps raising the children. They now have so called "Daddy days". That are days that the dad stays home, while the wife is working. So women and men are more equal nowadays. They have the 'go Dutch' what means that you split the bill, that is something normal, because men and women earn the same amount of money.

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Dutch people are known for being permissiveness, because the Netherlands was the first country that legalized gay marriage. But they are also restrictive, because sex with a minor is illegal.

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The classic Dutch family is a dad, mum, son and a daughter. The family structure is changed with the rates of divorce. You also see more gay-couples that are starting a family. Dutch people are big in trading. They are the biggest exporters is cheese. A big part of the food that they consume is from an other country. But meat and eggs and milk etc. comes mostly from the Netherland.

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Because the Netherlands is multicultural it has a lot of different religious. Like Judaism, Islam etc. But the dominant religion of the Dutch is Christianity, both Catholic and Protestant. In the modern times the majority of the Dutch is no longer religious, they are atheist.

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In the Dutch golden age, the 17th century, there were a lot of artists. Like Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh etc. who are known all over the world. Nowadays the Netherlands has a lot of deejays that are the biggest in the world. Like Armin van Buren, Afrojack etc.

In most countries in Europe soccer is the main sport, just like it is in the Netherlands. Dutch people love soccer. Especially the men. If the Netherlands plays a game against an other country, like in the European Cup or the world Cup, the hole country is orange, even the people dress in orange. Source: []



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