Misogyny TV

[url=http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2008/03/05/MisogynyTV/]An interesting article from the Tyee about the way women are portrayed in new TV shows.[/url]

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In pilot episode, every disaster once predicted for career gals in those lurid '50s pulp fiction tomes has come true. Their children are bonding with real, stay-at-home moms. Their husbands are straying in pursuit of more nurturing and devoted women. That is if a C-Mafiosa can even find a man who isn't intimidated by her wealth and power. Inevitably one member of this high-octane quartet experiments with lesbianism cuz, well, deep down don't we all know women like this can't keep a man? And don't we all suspect that an ambitious woman must actually be a dyke?

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[url=http://www.shamelessmag.com/blog/2008/03/house-of-blues/]And, Shameless rips House a new one:[/url]

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One of this season’s new characters is a young doctor named Amber. She is competitive, ruthless even – she works very hard, but she also misses no opportunity to mess with her coworkers to get the job. Other characters on the show often refer to her as Cutthroat Bitch, as if it’s her name. So does David Shore, with a self-satisfied smirk on his voice.

Let’s talk about women in House. The other new female character is emotionally stunted and nameless – they just call her “13.” Cuddy, the Chief of Medicine, is both unable to control House, and usually in the wrong, frequently slowing down the real doctors’ lifesaving work. Because Cuddy has so much power, she is also unable to get so much as a boyfriend, let alone a partner. Her attempts to start a family are ridiculed and then forgotten. Cameron is probably the best developed female character, but then she was pathetically in love with her unavailable boss.

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