... early as the 1950s, television producers made programming that would represent what exactly the ideal North American family was. For instance, the show "Leave It To Beaver", there was a father figure; his job was to financially support the family, while being an exemplary father to his children. The mother on the other hand, was solely ... 's Cosby show, where the wife had a job and she wanted a career in her job. Since most viewers regard the Simpson show has being the ideal family in North America, some people have begun to question if the family will eventually return from the modern d...

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... dutiful and respectful. However it is thought Kates illness that the image of family life providing happiness and satisfaction is exposed as a myth, an illusion "of one imaged oasis after another-. The citizens, of Langhorne, display attitudes that are far from the lively ones of New ... allowing himself to create a world in which he is would be "effortlessly cared for-. As befits the 1950s patriarchy, he appears to have the ideal life. Quindlen stresses that he remained "just the same- even during the period of Kates dying, emerging in the evening with clichéd greetings ... her deeper...

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... colors are considered unmanly. Homer receiving the humiliation for wearing a pink shirt is a consequence for him not following the male gender role. Homer Simpson also shows how he fit's the ideal male gender role of our society by showing his aggression by going after and in some cases choking his son Bart. In these cases where Homer shows aggression he is ... always taking care of the children, cooking, and trying to keep order around the house and in the family. Marge is always solving the problems of her children and her husband Homer. In episodes where Marge looses her temper her f...

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... colors are considered unmanly. Homer receiving the humiliation for wearing a pink shirt is a consequence for him not following the male gender role. Homer Simpson also shows how he fit's the ideal male gender role of our society by showing his aggression by going after and in some cases choking his son Bart. In these cases where Homer shows aggression he is ... always taking care of the children, cooking, and trying to keep order around the house and in the family. Marge is always solving the problems of her children and her husband Homer. In episodes where Marge looses her temper her f...

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... walker shows how a uneducated, fourteen-year-old black girl living in rural Georgia between 1910 through 1940, can overcome years of abuse, and betrayal and become an independent, confident woman. Celie faces racism and sexism, female relationships and the disruption of traditional gender roles. Racism and Sexism is a major issue today as it ... Sofia to work for her, and be her maid. Sofia says, "Hell no." The mayor's wife can't believe what Sofia has said to her and her husband pushes his wife aside and slaps Sofia. Since Sofia is a black woman during that time, it is right for her to b...

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