Another notable criticism of Modern Family from various online news sources is that the show reinforces gender roles and sexist stereotypes. One writer at the CS Monitor criticized the show for only casting the women as stay-at-home moms while the husbands on the show have very successful careers: "There is a difference between quirky, flawed characters and ones who are incapable of professional success. And when the latter is reliably female, it makes for sexist television. It also makes for unrealistic television."[72] Other authors reinforce this criticism by pointing out that stay-at-home mothers are no longer the norm in today's society.[73] According to the Department of Labor, 68.9% of married moms are working or looking for work. Thus, it's no surprise that the lack of representation for working moms sparked conversation on Twitter: "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer Ali Waller asked her Twitter followers, “If Modern Family is so ‘modern’ then why don’t any of the women have jobs?”[74] Gender stereotypes occur frequently in the series: "At least one CNET staffer found the storyline to be fairly sexist: 'The wife and daughter are unable to learn how to use the remote and must be taught by the father, while the son is 'good with electronics,' even though he is thought of as the stupidest member of the family.'"[75] In the episode "Game Changer," one of the wives on the show, Gloria, hides her mastery of chess so that her husband will not be upset at losing: "On its own, this moment is at best a sappy quip about compromise in an often heavy-handed series, and at worst, it's a moment in a show with 9.3 million viewers, on a network owned by Disney, which explicitly validates girls and women subduing their intellect."
i can see their point but i really don't see why a domestic comedy would be expected to be game changers. majority of TV shows are sexist. of course Gloria would do something like that for Jay, everybody knows Jay is a chauvinist pig. Claire ran for elections and forcing ambitions on characters isn't a solution. and what husbands have very successful careers besides Jay? i concede the Luke point but i don't find the show offensive at all.
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(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)Another notable criticism of Modern Family from various online news sources is that the show reinforces gender roles and sexist stereotypes. One writer at the CS Monitor criticized the show for only casting the women as stay-at-home moms while the husbands on the show have very successful careers: "There is a difference between quirky, flawed characters and ones who are incapable of professional success. And when the latter is reliably female, it makes for sexist television. It also makes for unrealistic television."[72] Other authors reinforce this criticism by pointing out that stay-at-home mothers are no longer the norm in today's society.[73] According to the Department of Labor, 68.9% of married moms are working or looking for work. Thus, it's no surprise that the lack of representation for working moms sparked conversation on Twitter: "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer Ali Waller asked her Twitter followers, “If Modern Family is so ‘modern’ then why don’t any of the women have jobs?”[74]
Gender stereotypes occur frequently in the series: "At least one CNET staffer found the storyline to be fairly sexist: 'The wife and daughter are unable to learn how to use the remote and must be taught by the father, while the son is 'good with electronics,' even though he is thought of as the stupidest member of the family.'"[75] In the episode "Game Changer," one of the wives on the show, Gloria, hides her mastery of chess so that her husband will not be upset at losing: "On its own, this moment is at best a sappy quip about compromise in an often heavy-handed series, and at worst, it's a moment in a show with 9.3 million viewers, on a network owned by Disney, which explicitly validates girls and women subduing their intellect."
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(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)