Modern Family Stereotypes

The Women’s Rights Movement made its first major sign of progress when the 20th Amendment of the Constitution was passed; allowing women the right to vote. This feat was only achieved because of the peaceful protests of these powerful women. And because of these women, an entire gender is now able to actively participate in the government that represents them. Without the free society of America and the people’s

American television today has drastically changed from the first appearance of the television in the 1920s. Currently, television is nothing but sitcoms poking jokes at the disabled, the LGBT community adapting to the American family standard, and even late night television poking fun at our 2016 Presidential candidates.1950s television depicted America’s heterosexual, patriarchal society in which an “ideal and acceptable” family consisted of a generous working class father, an accommodating and good-natured mother, and a few respectful children. Whereas 1950s American television required the audience to accept television families without question, American networks today understand that times are changing and just like mass communication, adapting to the millennial generation of technology is a must for television families to appeal to the growing masses. But when did television families first start to step away from the cultural ideals of its time? From the 1920s through the 1960s television upheld the Father Knows Best standard of television with shows such as ‘Father Knows Best” and “I Love Lucy.” Well, fast forward 30 years, and in came the Bundy’s. The Bundy’s were television’s first dysfunctional, on screen family to undermine the idea that an ideal family must function perfectly all the time. Married with Children reminded us that it was ok to not conform to society’s cultural norms. “…people want to watch a family that

Media is portrayed how perfect-white family looks like, as a result Latinos and black families get the idea of the white family. Media has been used as a tool to influence families to get the ideas of “perfect family”. Nowadays, TV Show about American family has been effecting the viewers' perspectives of how family is supposed to be. For example the television sitcom series Modern Family attempts to portray a view of American families. Series Modern Family is about non white-American family who has issues about non – white – modern family looks like. The family is showed as a queer latino family. Spencer Kohnaber, one of the writers of The Atlantic's article talk about TV shows like Modern Family “often focused on white people at the exclusion of all others”. White family still be a role model of a “'perfect white family'”. Even in the 19th century, TV shows has pictured about white family like Gary Soto says in his article Looking for Work, “For weeks I had drunk Kool-Aid and watched morning reruns of Father Knows Best, whose family was so uncomplicated in its routine that I very much wanted to imitate it” (p.22). In the article, Gary Soto mentions about how he got the ideas to imitate the white family from the TV show that he watched every morning. He also felt that the white family portrayed was an uncomplicated

The mass medium I have chosen to critique is a new television show called This Is Us and it airs on the NBC channel. This Is Us is a show about a family with triplets and they show how they handle all the different parts of their lives. This particular mass medium addresses many of the different current issues going on in today’s society including; race, diversity, education, religion, and politics. This Is Us addresses diversity in today’s society and portrays many different types of people within this one television show. To prove that this mass medium portrays diversity I will look into how this show illustrates race, different social stances, and different educational backgrounds both positively and negatively. Also, to better the credibility

America is known for being a land of freedom and opportunity for all who reside within. However, throughout history that is not the whole truth. Freedom came with time and effort for those who fought for it. Still fighting in the front lines are women, moreover their impedance, goals, and the want to gain equality. Treacherous roads filled with centuries of misogynic upbringing and glorified objectification, a difficult journey to achieve equal ground for all genders. The words of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Judy Brady emphasized women empowerment and equity; words that will echo on as prime examples for women rights.

Why Family GUY? In today’s society, perhaps less than before, women are seen as weak and fragile. They see women as housewives, those that take care of their kids. However, not all women are housewives and take care of kids.

It can wrongfully influence the way someone might think, especially at an early age. Many researchers say that certain TV shows use stereotypes to form the way a character might be throughout the show and this can lead to having young viewers think of this stereotypical behaviors as “normal.” In the hit American TV show “Modern Family,” producers seem to have taken a different approach to this critic. In the show, the main male characters, Phil and Jay, are the “head of the household” as fathers but their wives, Gloria and Claire appear to be the decision-makers, have more knowledge and get things done for the family.

The first images show my mother carrying me as a baby girl on our way home from the hospital, and while cooking. These images represents my ideas and beliefs because I believe that it is important for newborn babies to be very close to their parents, especially the mother. This also represents the beliefs of my community because most Congolese people expect the mother to be the closest, primary caregiver of a baby. Their function is to show that I was raised in a loving home with loving parents who took, and continues to care for me and my needs. This images symbolize the unbreakable bond, and love of my mother and I. In both pictures, I was not crying, and that means that I felt safe, and I was comfortable in my mother’s arms. The second

We have decided to conduct this study with the focus on three sitcoms from the 1980s which are Fresh Prince, The Bill Cosby Show, and Full house. In addition, focusing on three sitcoms for comparison in todays time, 2000s which are Full House, George Lopez and Family Matters. Each of these research samples display a variety of roles played, race, gender and change in family perception. There will be significant differences in the family structures as a function of time and race/culture of sitcoms aired in the 1980’s versus in the 2000’s. More specifically, it is expected that there will be a significant differences in the portrayals of family size, social class, locations, origin, and gender roles.

Modern Family, created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan shows viewers stereotypes when it comes to women. This is shown through the main female characters, Claire (Julie Bowen), Gloria (Sofia Vergara) Haley (Sarah Hyland) and Alex (Ariel Winter). Claire is depicted as being an uptight, naggy stay at home mother, Gloria as a hot blooded attractive trophy wife, Haley as an unintelligent teenager who only has her looks to offer and Alex, who is the nerdy and unattractive sister.

Additionally, television shows on the late 80’s through the middle 90’s, present the same family concept but with a different topic. Comedy shows like “Married with Children” which illustrates a “white” family of four members living in a Chicago suburb area with an antisocial personality disorder, is a typical example of

Today society displays greater diversity within households. Most American households are now non-traditional or unconventional. Non-traditional or unconventional families include; single parenthood, singlehood and LGBT relationships. Modern family is a comedy exploring the different “modern” families. This show explores a huge unconventional family through a gay couple, made up of Mitchell and Cameron, and their adopted daughter Lily; a straight couple comprised of Phil and Clare, and their three children, Luke, Alex and Hayley; and a multicultural family which is comprised of Jay and his much younger wife Gloria and their son Manny. Modern family explores how the present day family is defined and , modern America means for family members. Despite Modern family’s groundbreaking success in representing non traditional families, the show continues to reinforce heteronormative values through stereotypes of queer identity in regards, gender roles within the relationship, gay adoptive parents and gay marriage.

Throughout Modern Family’s episode “Election Day” directed by Bryan Cranston, it exemplifies how gender roles restrict what people consider proper or appropriate socially and mentally. In this show, it defies what people believe and helps change the social dynamic of gender roles today while a select few still remain sexist with regard to what they do in life. The show brings opposition by part of the community, like in any town or city. It has led to a better culture, and shows the discrimination women have received when defying gender roles with sexism simultaneously existing in the TV show. One way ¨Election Day” shows how gender roles have been defied is through the usage of certain words adding to the common idea, gender roles in society.

Over the past two decades, the impact of gender role stereotyping on our society has been examined in numerous studies. The purpose of these studies was to determine whether the sex bias portrayed in books, TV shows and social media is still as prevalent as in the past. Modern Family is one of the TV shows that clearly prove that, the roles played by males and females have changed in by the time. Modern Family show is about a family that tackles normal, everyday problems. The show features three combined families Jay and Gloria, Phil and Claire, Mitchell and Cameron and how different genders in each family act. Because of gender stereotype issues like gay marriage, house wives and large difference in age between married couples, this show focused on challenging these stereotypes and solving such conflict in our society.

In How I Met Your Mother or many other sitcoms nowadays, female are enthusiastic in their career because they can earn the sense of achievement from career. The fact about women stereotype is that women’s real career is taking care of family. Not only in America, but also all over the world, women are considered that they must get married and have children, and working can place on the second position. If a woman who does not get married, she will be gossiped by others. In How I Met Your Mother, Robin does not want to get married and refused to be a mother, her friends did not repelled or try to persuade her to change her mind. In real lives, female like Robin are more and more acceptable since female should have equal right with men in choosing