Stereotypes? Shut Up!

Stereotypes? Shut Up!

Stereotypes - We all know them, create them and fit into them, but are stereotypes actually harmful? 

As mentioned above, we all get pushed and squashed into these uncomfortable and tight (sorry I'm talking about skinny jeans) categories...

I thought I'd list a few stereotypes and highlight a few key points that you should have or do in order to get a place in this stereotype.

Heterosexual Male aged 18-40

To gain access into this stereotype you must also:

• Love and follow a football team - popping off to the pub on a Sunday to "watch the game"
• Enjoy eyeing up the pretty ladies - usually young enough to be your daughters friend
• Be a DIY expert and regular handyman
• Expect your son to like sport and your daughter to stay a virgin until she is at least 40
• Never change nappies - "That's a women's job"
• Have a rugged and manly job like builder or carpenter

Heterosexual Female aged 18-40

• Adore shopping, shoes and sunbeds
• Don't follow world news, politics or anything too "complicated" 
• Have a nice "easy" job like a housewife, hairdresser or beauty therapist  
• Colour co-ordinate your outfit - Not forgetting to match your shoes to your bag
• Do lunch with the girls once a week
• Have dinner on the table for your man when he gets home 

Homosexual Male aged 18-40

• Love Britney and Gaga
• Watch and enjoy Glee
• Have a fluffy pampered cat or a toy dog breed.
• Love Starbucks 
• Instagram every photo and moment 
• Pose for Twitter and Facebook photos 
• Work in Insurance, a bank or a clothes shop 

Homosexual Female aged 18-40

• Enjoy Patsy Cline or similar soft country folk singers
• Have various piercings or tattoos
• Be either the "butch" or "girly" one in the relationship
• Enjoy football and beer
• Dress in jeans, jackets and headbands

Teenager Male aged 13-17

• Love Selena Gomez
• Want to hump everything in sight
• Flick through your mum's clothes catalogues (underwear section) 
• Brag to your mates about how many times you have got laid
• Be grumpy, miserable and suicidal 

Teenager Female aged 13-17

• Love Justin Bieber or One Direction
• Adore lip gloss and pink
• Get pregnant at 14 
• Join a girl gang
• Be stroppy, demanding and a general diva

O.A.P Male and Female aged 60+

• Enjoy knitting
• Have a blue rinse or perm
• Live in cardigans and a nice bungalow
• Watch Antiques roadshow
• Complain about the youth of today
• Techophobic

See we all fit in to a stereotype somewhere and I hope you can see how silly and judgmental they really can be. I myself am a Homosexual male aged 18-40 yet I don't like Gaga or Britney, I have a staffy dog not a handbag dog, I've never used Instagram or posed for Twitter. 

Where do you fit into? 

Until the next spice ;-)

Danny @dannymorgan86