kficanon ([personal profile] kficanon) wrote2012-09-22 10:59 am
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(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
da but well, yeah. the picture of what family is has changed and it includes two working parents these days.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
not necessarily? also, how much of that is out of financial need? there's nothing wrong with being a housewife, or being a housewife out of choice.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm not saying there is (my mom is a housewife) but i still think it's problematic.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
it's two women. they've shown plenty of working women on the show, and i don't get the shade, tbh.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
because there's a bunch of other things that add up to a slightly sexist portrayal of female characters

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
explain to me why these women, based on their upbringing and life experiences, would be feminists.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
first off, i don't watch the show but wow i'm not saying the characters themselves have to be feminists but stuff like explicitly validates girls and women subduing their intellect from that anon above is sexist and doesn't have to be a part of those characters to get a realistic portrayal.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
da but 67% of american mothers in the final quarter of 2010 were employed fulltime, so statically, the new "average" family consists of two working parents. there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a housewife, by choice or otherwise. house wives/husbands/others are awesome. but that's just what's happening with families now. and modern family tries to promote a very, for lack of a better word, "modern" representation of what a family is, hence the name. but that's not actually the case and i think that's why some people are riled up about it.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
exactly. you put it better than i could.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
homogenized data is not convincing me, anon. i can see why it might be unrealistic but i don't see it as sexist. realistically, you can't expect them to bring a massively depressing recession arc into a sitcom.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
this is just one argument made against modern family. there are many. i don't think it's that far of a stretch for sitcoms to bring 'massively depressing recessions' into their storylines, because it's been done before. in any case, i'm not actually that well versed on modern family so if you're interested in debating this further, i'd recommend going to their forums or ontd! sorry i couldn't give you more information

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
da and ia. and with the economy being the way it is in the us, more often than not it is necessary for both parents to work. you have very few stay-at-home parents, unless they're out of work or can afford to remain at home.

(Anonymous) 2012-09-24 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
da and if one working parent is a corporate lawyer and the other is a property agent dealing in fairly prime properties, i can see why money might not be an issue.
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