In contemporary Western culture, blond women are often negatively stereotyped as sexually attractive, but unintelligent. Americans are often stereotyped as arrogant people. The Romans therefore often stereotyped Epicurus and his followers as weak and effeminate. An exotic beauty, Jurado specialized in interpretations of complex, stereotyped and sexualized women. Additionally, Chinese people have historically been stereotyped by Westerners as secretive or inscrutable. Men who exhibit such tendencies are often stereotyped as gay. Americans may be stereotyped as ignorant of countries and cultures beyond their own. East Asians are often stereotyped as being inherently bad drivers. East Asian men are also stereotyped and portrayed as having small penises. Oftentimes, black comic book characters are stereotyped with ghetto characteristics. African American women typically have been negatively stereotyped in television. In Western popular culture, chimpanzees have been stereotyped as childlike companions, sidekicks or clowns. Jews have often been stereotyped as greedy and miserly. Pierre Briant has accused him of presenting a stereotyped and biased portrayal of the Persians. Italians were often stereotyped as evil in films and posters.