[sfem]

I wouldn't get too hung up on stereotypes. I'm sure there are a small number of them that genuinely reflect the different hormonal influences of our bodies. But mostly they're driven by ulterior motives as much or more than observations. A lot of the things often portrayed as male or female are neither male or female. They're just ideas pushed at us, usually to serve either a marketing agenda or to cover someone's insecurities. It gets reinforced through the public and private education systems much the same as religions are shoveled onto minds not equipped to evaluate them. I believe that is one of the biggest clues as to why the stereotypes of male and female behaviour wind up being so localized when you start to look beyond your own borders.