The recent rumblings of Superman possibly being gay led me to think about streotyping. Stereotyping is, ironically, a bonding point among people, since stereotypes tend to be uniform among people. Men are expected to be manly and muscular, women are expected to be petite and airheaded. Gay men are expected to prance around in tights and tutus whenever they're in public, and lesbian women are expected to be, well, petite and airheaded, with the added bonus of bursting into spontaneous makeout sessions in the presence of men. Black men are expected to be either meek and obedient, or criminally bent, and black women are expected to be the black version of white trash. People of other skin colors; well, they're sorta expected not to exist at all. Women who play sports are called butch; men who cook are called fruity. Non-white people who like country music are deemed white-washed; white people who enjoy hip-hop are labeled wiggers. I could go on and on; after all, there is no shortage of stereotypes, and I've just listed the popular ones. We could give it cute names, such as racial profiling, and pretend it doesn't exist or it has been eradicated, but it still stays, maybe in our subconscious, maybe even closer. The real question, I suppose, is that every generation rejects all or most of the ideas that came from the previous one. Music tastes, fashion, attitudes, even political opinions change. What is it in stereotypes that keeps them enduring through generations?