Sooo Stereotypical.

Stereotype: v. -a simplified and standardized conception or image invested with special meaning and held in common by members of a group.
So basically you're assumption of what or who a person is without ever really knowing them. Something sound wrong with that at all? Example: When someone walks up to you that you don't even know and asks you, Why are you emo? One-why would you assume that? Is it because of what I'm wearing? Why do you automatically assume that because I'm wearing what I'm wearing that I'm "emo", why I quite possibly could have been wearing clothes from the latest line of American Eagle yesterday. Does that make me a prep? Two- Does it matter? Will it change your life any more to shove me into any of your specific 'categories', that you insist on having, why? Three: What you wear doesn't apply directly to who you are. The true meaning of 'emo' is short for emotional. Which has been stereotyped into dressing in scene,punk, or gothic style clothing, and or cutting oneself.
I have been asked that before, which is why I brought that particular example up. I may have fit it's stereotypical description briefly, but that's psychotic, not emo. I know thats only one form of stereotyping but that's really what irks me in a horrible infuriating way is when someone takes the stereotype and applies it to someone who fits it, just based off how they look.
I will not put myself into any specific category, I wear all styles of clothing, though I favour hot topic's selection. I wear things that I like and I dont have a particular style. I don't hang out in any particular group of people. Before I had a boyfriend I would bounce around between groups of people or walk around school alone. Alone most of the time though.
There are some types of stereotyping that are necessary, like walking around town and the man or group of men that seems to act strange and you think he/they look(s) dangerous is the good kind. It keeps you out of danger.
All I'm trying to say is that the over the top stereotypical assumptions are wrong, and that I think group stereotypes like preps jocks and all that jazz is crap. Simple conceptions of a person, like 'her smile is nice I think she must be a very friendly person' or he seems like he's a really quiet person' are ok...we do these naturally to pick out the people we want to be friends with.