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It's difficult to write anything over an extended period of time or with a large number of characters without falling into certain stereotypes. Let's face it: For all the flack they get there are an awful lot of stereotypes out there.... Kind of hard to avoid all of them. (Besides: How often do you run into people in real life who are the embodiment of a stereotype? Probably more often than you would like to admit.)

The real problem is that people like to htink in boxes. Us and them. These are good, these others are bad. We all do it. The trick is to think in as many boxes as possible and to learn how to make new ones when needed. Not all women fit into one box. Neither do all men. Some people may fit into serveal boxes at once. Stereotypes are not a bad thing. They exist for a reason. What we need to learn is that they are architypes, not absolutes.

It's all about the shades of grey.


Fun fact... Why Joss Wheadon has so many strong female characters: He's said in interviews (to his own admitted embarasement) that these are the kind of women he falls for. An artist always leaves a bit of himself behind in his work ;-)

Well said. Although I always thought that Whedon wrote those women because of his mother.

As a 29 year old who is in school right now 30 is NOT old!!! *sigh* ...kids.

Oh shut up!

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