Stereotypes the public seems to cherish

Sarah Weinman provided a link today to a piece by Christopher Rice (in The Daily Beast) who notes that many male writers don't do very well by their female characters. He cites four particularly fallow stereotypes:

THE COP'S WIFE WHO JUST DOESN'T GET IT.
THE BABE ASSASSIN.
THE ICE QUEEN BUREAUCRAT.
THE TOKEN LESBIAN COP.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-an...

Except for Michael Connolly and Michael Black and a few others I don't read ...