Feminism and sexism in sitcoms
As some of my earlier blog posts mentioned feminism in sitcoms, this post will explore feminism and sexism in sitcoms and the relationships between men and women in different shows. Firstly, (and I apologise for starting on a bit of a downer), sitcom women haven’t always had the best time of it. For instance, shows like Cheers and Everybody loves Raymond haven’t dated well in terms of the treatment of women and even shows like Friends , which carried on into this century have some pretty sexist plotlines and aspects (such as Joey sleeping with countless women and not knowing their names or calling them back, Chandler’s fatphobia and shallow behaviour regarding women he dates and the whole Ross and Rachel story with him being possessive and not supporting her career but she still ends the show giving up her dream job for him…. I might make a Friends post at some point as there’s a lot to get into there.) Interestingly, Frasier , which was a Cheers spinoff featuring Frasier Crane as t