Puerile sexist shite

Men and women are (very) different from each other. That is a good thing. And the reason stereotypes exist is that we allow them to continue existing, and the reason we do that is that they are largely accurate, non-offensive and necessary. They fulfil a requirement, and in the right context can be appropriate.

This thread moves on at such a rate... It's so hard to keep up. I had to take issue with this though. I work as a diversity professional (maybe not for much longer, but at the moment it pays the bills and I happen to be rather good at it...) and the idea that men and women could be so different, or that stereotypes serve a useful purpose is such a huge insult.

Why should anyone be defined by a single, almost inconsequential aspect of how society tries to define them? There is such diversity in people, but to try and reduce someone's behaviour and characteristics down to either 'male' or 'female' is just insane...