Well one of the problems is that nearly all the stories follow that trope. What's wrong with expanding the number of stories we can tell? Why do we have to have

Well one of the problems is that nearly all the stories follow that trope. What's wrong with expanding the number of stories we can tell? Why do we have to have the same story all the time? (Additionally, it's debateable if the dearth of females saving males in a genre is "harmless").