By: Amy McCabe
Maria, Maria: it’s so much about mothering your husband now instead of just your kids Ugh. The Man-Child. I’ve always felt this stereotype is damaging to both sexes. Not insisting that young boys...
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Amy McCabe, But you (we?) were. I’m saying that I think women are still expected to do the bulk of the housework (as you are), but am highlighting that one of the differences between the June Cleaver...
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Amy McCabe, Also, does your book break down race, ethnicity, region, and class?
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Maria, You are right, I had failed to connect my point to the conversation (how women are treated on tv/ideal woman). So the misunderstanding is caused by me. At any rate, I don’t think we are in...
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Ara: MaggieCat, That’s the impression I got, too. It was more like these women’s lives were falling apart around them in their striving to be perfect – perhaps BECAUSE of their striving to be perfect...
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Ara, Gabriella, I should probably clarify that “sad” in this case is because: A) the fact that the show itself as a continuation of the June Cleaver stereotype — and the idea that anyone would buy into...
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In discussion with other fellow mothers, many of whom are in academia (I work for a college) it seems we all share a desire to be a little more like June Cleaver since our children were born. And these...
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What about the family from Malcom in the Middle? They weren’t a rich family and both parents work. It did have that incompetent dad trope, though. They still showed the mom cleaning and cooking from...
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Goatyea, The characterization on Malcolm switches between Lois being the only reasonable one in a family of selfish criminals, and Lois being an abusive harridan in a family of free spirits. But even...
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Sylvia Sybil, Yeah, I’m pretty sure Lois was supposed to be an anti-Ideal TV Mom
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<strong><a href="#comment-111456" rel="nofollow">Maria</a></strong>, <blockquote cite="comment-111456"> <strong><a href="#comment-111456"...
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<strong><a href="#comment-111460" rel="nofollow">Amy McCabe</a></strong>, But you (we?) were. I'm saying that I think women are still expected to do the bulk of the housework...
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<strong><a href="#comment-111462" rel="nofollow">Amy McCabe</a></strong>, Also, does your book break down race, ethnicity, region, and class?
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<strong><a href="#comment-111466" rel="nofollow">Maria</a></strong>, You are right, I had failed to connect my point to the conversation (how women are treated on tv/ideal...
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<blockquote cite="comment-111437"> <strong><a href="#comment-111437" rel="nofollow">Ara</a></strong>: <strong><a href="#comment-111436"...
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<strong><a href="#comment-111437" rel="nofollow">Ara</a></strong>, <strong><a href="#comment-111469" rel="nofollow">Gabriella</a></strong>, I should...
View ArticleBy: Amy McCabe
In discussion with other fellow mothers, many of whom are in academia (I work for a college) it seems we all share a desire to be a little more like June Cleaver since our children were born. And these...
View ArticleBy: Goatyea
What about the family from Malcom in the Middle? They weren’t a rich family and both parents work. It did have that incompetent dad trope, though. They still showed the mom cleaning and cooking from...
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<strong><a href="#comment-111489" rel="nofollow">Goatyea</a></strong>, The characterization on Malcolm switches between Lois being the only reasonable one in a family of selfish...
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<strong><a href="#comment-111494" rel="nofollow">Sylvia Sybil</a></strong>, Yeah, I'm pretty sure Lois was supposed to be an anti-Ideal TV Mom
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