Presenter: Gerald Weston - War On the Patriarchy (TVCA705)
Early television portrayed husbands and fathers in a positive light. Consider Ozzie and Harriett and Father Knows Best, for those old enough to remember. Both men and women were shown positively, but it wasn’t long before sitcoms portrayed men as incompetent, bumbling oafs who needed their wives to save them from themselves. Men became the butt of all jokes. We see the attack on male culture in academia and in the media in general. Where is all this leading?
Early television portrayed husbands and fathers in a positive light. Consider Ozzie and Harriett and Father Knows Best, for those old enough to remember. Both men and women were shown positively, but it wasn’t long before sitcoms portrayed men as incompetent, bumbling oafs who needed their wives to save them from themselves. Men became the butt of all jokes. We see the attack on male culture in academia and in the media in general. Where is all this leading?