Friday, January 30, 2009
I recently watched an episode of Family Guy entitled "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar". The main character Peter Griffin says a few very sexist comments throughout the episode. In one particular scene, Peter and his wife Lois are watching TV and a beer commercial comes up with two women in bikinis rubbing tanning oil all over eachother and drinking beer. Lois says something along the lines of "Typical male fantasy, women drinking beer. A man must have made that commercial." Peter replies with "Of course a man made it. It's a commercial, not a delicious Thanksgiving dinner." Although I found this quite comical, it is still very sexist. First off, Lois's statement "typical male fantasy" is very stereotypical. She made an assumption of all men and that they all have the same fantasy. Peter's response "Of course a man made it. It's a commercial" shows that he thinks only men have a place in the work force. He then follows up that comment with "not a delicious Thanksgiving dinner". This shows his views on women and that all they can do is stuff around the house such as cooking. These views are not only Peter's though. The ideas that men work and provide money and women stay at home taking care of the family have been around for centuries. This is only one small scene in a very sexist episode of Family Guy.
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