A rant on gender stereotypes

[Creed of Heresy]

One thing I learned at my mandated sensitivity course, is that stereotypes exist for a reason; there is an element of truth to them, and sometimes more than an element, even much more than an element. Stereotypes are not always negative. Sometimes they're just a way to generally identify ways in which many individuals happen to be very similiar.

For example. I am a gothic dude. And, stereotypically, I like to wander graveyards and cemeteries, I wear black, I have an affinity for fishnets and dark Victorian style. I listen to Voltaire, The Cure, and Sisters of Mercy. I like skulls and skeletons, and deathly motifs in general. I like vampire lore and vampire fiction, I have a black trench-coat, and I tend to have a morbid sense of humor.

Stereotypes of all kinds, but they're all true, and they just happened to be; I wasn't even aware I was being a part of them. Are they negative? Not at all.

So...I guess what I'm saying is, stereotypes are not always offensive, and quite frankly, they actually rarely ever are. So, don't let 'em get to you so much.