Despite the stereotype of risk-averse Asian entrepreneurs, there are an increasing number of people across the region who feel deep resonance with the ethos of Silicon Valley, but these trailblazers are facing enormous hurdles due to a lack of funding and a narrow view from investors on business models and profitability.
Like some cringeworthy stereotype of a risk-loving Mrs Robinson in a red convertible, it could be that women who generally do dangerous things are the ones who marry younger men.
Do you try to capture the essence of the man without resorting to cheap stereotype and risk the possibility of not living up to anyone's expectations, or do you plump for the safer option of goggly eyes and pumping arms and be condemned as being nothing more than a cardboard cut-out?
And, well, that's not surprising when you consider the British stereotype of restraint and aversion to risk and failure.
To some, the Mega Ramp with its combination of risk and spectacle reinforces unwanted stereotypes.
Furthermore, these types of interventions may inadvertently increase social stereotypes and stigma by focusing on the simplistic outcomes of risk behaviours (obesity) rather than the causes of these behaviours (environmental factors, junk food marketing and over consumption)[ 12].
If we don't, Europe risks becoming its stereotype of America: a place with the best hospitals, and millions of people without proper health insurance; with some of the world's most advanced technology, and many with no access to it; with world-class universities, but generations held back by parochial worldviews.
Nevertheless, the casting of a non-trans male actor risks reinforcing the trans stereotype of a "man in a dress".
Rejecting the stereotype of William H. Whyte's "Organization Man," he found instead the Gamesman, who took calculated risks and tried new methods while making sure to please the boss.
"Much of the stereotype around gays is a stereotype of urban white gay men," says Mr Gates.
