I came across an article calling Sons of Anarchy the most sexist show on tv. The tv show follows the story of the SAMCRO motorcycle gang and the article claims that women are present in the show but are mostly their to provide sexual gratification, take the fall when the men get into legal jams and at times be their human punching bags. None of the women get to ride on motorcycles of their own and the highest title they can obtain in the motorcycle club is "Old Lady." There are two choices for female characters on the show. Women can either be a stone-cold, evil villain or a drug addict and or an escort or prostitute.
This is actually one of my favorite shows. When I critique the show I normally do it in terms of the amount of violence. The club sells illegal guns so there is quite a bit of violence. After reading this article I realized that this is an extremely sexist show. I did not even realize that I've never actually seen a woman ride a motorcycle on her own, only on the back of one. Also for as much work (even going to jail) as some of the female characters do for the actually motorcycle club they are never offered any type of membership.
Does anyone else watch this show and think its the most sexist show on tv?
Source: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/11/sons_of_anarchy_is_the_most_sexist_show_on_television/
Ever since being in this class, I started noticing more and more sexism in my favorite movies and shows. I don't watch this show in particular, but I noticed How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory have some issues. In Big Bang Theory, the charterer Raj is constantly being called gay or 'not manly' because he likes some things that typically females like and that really bugged me that this joke is perpetuated on the show.
ReplyDeleteI'm like Chrissie. Ever since I have started being exposed to feminism and started taking this class, I can't help but see sexism and racism in everything (especially the shows I like, which I think is very fortunately). Especially in commercials during sporting events they are always yelling at the players calling them "ladies" or "girls" and trying to sell some sort of sports drink. It's disappointing
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