((( SlowlyISigh ))) you raised a lot of very good points, and I agree with you (I am male, btw). There are a lot of totally damaging extreme stereotypes out there which I think are harmful to both men and women.

I am sick of the "overbearing emotionless hyperachiever" stereotype among men, for example, which is sometimes held up as a good thing. Why can't we show emotion, collaborate as much as we compete, and have some kind of balance in our lives? This is healthy and yet some men and women alike seem to think it's "weak" somehow, to a degree which I find ludicrous. I suspect that like many persistent exaggerated points of view it's just a coverup for insecurities that somehow became "acceptable". I'm not the only male who feels this way, by far. It's about time we all worked to root out the excesses of this "battle of the sexes" garbage and grew out of it, imo. Truth probably lies somewhere between all the extremes.

btw women being demeaned seriously makes me physically ill, to say nothing of pretty angry at this point.