Like all stereo types the goth stereo type is one dimensional and exaggeration of the truth about the culture.  Here are some typical stereo types about goths...

1.   All goths wear only black clothing , black hair, white makeup , black lipstick and so forth...

2.  Goth's preceive themselves to be vampires

3.  They drink blood, they like death , coffins anything spooky

4.  Goth's dont have a sense of humor

5.  They avoid sunlight

6.  Goth's are heavily into drugs and alcohol

7.  They hang out in graveyards all the time

8.  Goth's are satanists