Gender stereotypes should be abolished. We don't need them. Not all men like sports or guns or all that other manly stuff. Not all women like fashion and make-up and chick flicks. These days, there are male nurses and female mechanics. Several countries are run by women. We live in a new era.
I wasn't really raised on stereotypes. Lebanese people, like other Middle Easterners, do have some expectations of men and women that are different. My parents fit the traditional gender roles to some extent, though my dad cooks occasionally and my mum has a part-time job. We're also aware that traditionally our culture didn't think highly of women. But we are a pretty modern family, and we can't always abide by tradition.
I'm a guy, but I have long hair, I dress very neatly, I don't like most sports, and I love pop music, fashion, and the arts. And I'm very much straight. There's more than one way to be a guy or a girl.
I think it's best to balance out masculine and feminine aspects. I happen to like some stereotypically masculine things, like video games, certain action movies, and crude humour.