Document Type
Comparison and Contrast Essay
Publication Date
1988
Excerpt
Since the invention of television almost forty years ago, our country's lifestyles, morals, and views have changed dramatically. We are more extravagant in the way we choose to live our lives, looser in our morals, and more open-minded in our views. But more importantly, as the years have progressed, so have women's rights to be treated as an equal sex. Our television sets reflect these changes. Today, television portrays the female as more than just a frivolous, air-headed creature. TV programs present single-parent families headed by women and not just traditional male-dominated families. Women come to our screens as doctors, lawyers, and detectives, not just as secretaries, waitresses, and librarians. Furthermore, most TV moms hold full-time jobs as well as run households, as compared with the mothers of the past who were just housewives. Undoubtedly, the gains women have achieved in being considered an equal sex are reflected on our nation's most important mass media, because as times have changed, so has the role of the female on TV.
Recommended Citation
Taskoff, Christina, "The Changing Female (1988)" (1988). The Valpo Core Reader. 441.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/441