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All he mentioned about steroids that they are illegal products, but it was hard to infer if he sells them or not. For the other two interviews, they were both held at “Smart Gym” but different branches, the women branch and the men branch. At the women branch, the coach had a slight background on supplements. Although they don’t sell supplements at women branch, but the coach mentioned that some of their customers take supplements to lose weight, and few of them to make some muscles still these cases can be counted on fingers. On the other hand, the men branch was much more useful. The coach there gave me a lot of information about supplements, mentioning that most of his customers take supplements for different reasons. Although it was hard to infer if they sell steroids or not but 90% they don’t. To make this comparison clear, it was discovered the social effect on interviewees in both countries. Although, steroids are illegal in both countries, their replies and reactions differed. Stereotyping role began by affecting people’s replies as they were afraid to mention the word steroids, as if it is a drug. In Egypt it is not accepted that someone takes steroids publically, he will look odd to others that’s why it was really hard asking someone if he takes or sells steroids. We had to reach this issue in an indirect way. For Dubai, it’s rare to find such stereotypes there, as it is a diverse country, having many nationalities and has no cultures and traditions. That is the reason behind how interviewees there were more flexible in their replies. WRITTEN BY: Hanya H. Howeedy. 2