Marge Vs. The Monorail: The Simpsons

Being born and raised in America, I and many other Americans have been taught that we live in a country of freedom. Women and men are treated equally; every human being has rights, and you have the freedom to move at will and without restrictions. Women have come a long way in our country, gaining rights ever since the dawn of patriarchy and proving that they are just as good as men with the ability to think, speak, and act for themselves. However, discrimination of women still exists in America and many other countries, but women are taking a stand and trying to eliminate the inequality between genders, such as the difference in salaries, and the bad representation of and portrayal of women in the media.

Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally on the grounds of their race, gender, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation. One such group of individuals who are in an unremitting fight for equality in context of gender and race are woman within the United States exemplified by the World economic forum global gender gap report of 2015, ranking the country 28th in terms of equality between men and woman. Although in terms of the global demographic the ranking appears adequate – impressive even by some accounts, the unwavering determination of the feminist movement leading up the 1980’s,

The reason The Simpsons has been able to continue over so many years and seasons are because the programme is animated. In real time, of course, Bart Simpson would by now be almost 40 years old, and Homer and Marge would be in their 60s. Animation allows the characters to be preserved in a timeless bubble where no one has to get older. Bart and Lisa are frozen in the fourth and second grades, and Maggie is still yet to talk. Animation also allows for an entirely flexible setting that is evident in the way the Simpsons’ home town of Springfield is endlessly malleable. Depending on the needs of the episode, Springfield has mountains, a harbour, a beach, can be freezing cold or suffer from an extreme heatwave, and can also have been simultaneously

Imagine being afraid to walk out of the house in the morning, living a life in fear of being attacked or beaten. Envision being told constantly that the only purpose of life is to clean the house and make babies. What kind of life is that? Many women around the world face these challenges everyday! Americans are often sheltered and do not really think about how different it could be.

Overall her main group of people that she is hoping her message will get to is the everyday woman of any age who is making her own history on a daily basis. She directly aims her focus to them in her closing when she writes, “ I applaud the fact that so many people -- students, teachers, quilters, nurses, newspaper columnists, old ladies in nursing homes, and mayors of western towns -- think they have the right to make history” (Ulrich 665). The only time she out right refers to women in the statement is “old ladies”, yet her other generalizations are all predominantly female based; the majority of teachers and nurses are women; in the USA, the western states tend to be more liberal so this is where one would expect to find female mayors. She writes this way to give a head nod to women who dare to live within the norm without, making male readers feel excluded. Throughout her writing in this portion, she uses a sincere and admiring tone, which gives the reader a deeper understanding of just how much she truly wants women to make their own history.

“Donuts. Is there anything they can’t do?” That is just one of the many thought-provoking questions asked by Homer Simpson on the world famous TV show, the Simpsons. A very basic summary of this show, as said by therichest.com, is that it is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and focuses of different aspects of human condition, such as American culture, television, and society. While it may seem simple, there are a lot of components that go into the making of this show, and the final product. To help everybody body get a better understanding of this show, I will first talk about how the Simpsons came to be a show, secondly, I will talk about the characters, and thirdly, I will talk about the comedic aspects of it.

Television sitcoms of the 1950’s through 1990’s limited women’s roles in the American workforce by reinforcing common gender stereotypes concerning women’s rightful sphere. Since television sets became mainstream and entered almost every American home, the content of American sitcoms has reflected the culture of the times. Thus, as the popular American sitcoms of the 1950’s suggest, women living in the 1950’s had very little economic opportunity and almost no role in the American workforce outside of the home. In the decade following World War II, society experienced a return to normalcy. Traditional ideals, such as republican motherhood, quickly abandoned during the wartime, returned with newfound vigor.

There is equality between men and women, education issues and transportation issues. We still don’t treat men and women the same here in America. Some jobs pay less to women and even don’t accept women, but the same goes to men. Yes there are jobs that mean or women would do better at but we still have to accept people in.

Richard Adams' Watership Down has a strong message about discrimination and communism in the time it was written, and in today`s world. Let's dig up some history where communism and discrimination were present. There were plenty of discrimination against man and women in the past, while communism was present between the Soviet Union and the Russia. However, discrimination also exists in today`s world between man and women as well as communism in North Korea.    Discrimination against man and women in the past is expressed multiple times in the novel.

Women are all around treated differently than men, and especially in this time period. Emily was an older woman that had never been without a dominant, male figure in her life. Her father and the ex love of her life had always been there for her. This is when Homer Barron came into her life and she realized that she never wanted to lose him. Even though Emily was eventually with Homer, that did not mean she was lower in the social class because she was with a laborman.

The show makes an obvious distinction between how men/boys and women/girls act. Anyway, the episode continues with lisa playing with her doll pretending that Malibu Stacy is giving a speech at the U.N, but Lisa is disappointed when she realizes that the new and improved doll says sexist remarks such as “don’t ask me, I’m just a girl” and “let’s buy make up so that boys will like us!”. Lisa goes on a rant about how “millions of girls will grow up thinking that this is the right way to act! That they cannot be anything more than vacuous ninnies...!”and gets really mad when Bart does not understand why she is so upset. The difference in communication styles is shown here as Lisa is more adept with words than Bart is as Bart can only give Lisa a stupid reply like “that’s what I was going to say.” This illustrates the stereotype that girls are more expressive and sensitive than boys are. On the other hand, Marge plays the more traditional housewife as her mind never delves into issues that are not relevant to the domestic center; she is not privy to relevant discussions on social issues like Lisa and cannot understand why Lisa is so upset. She said that Lisa had been speaking up “an awful lot lately.” This suggests that typical lady-like behavior does not include speaking out and that the mother should enforce positive female behavior. Additionally, in

While watching the Simpsons episode “Marge be not Proud”, I viewed multiple deviant behaviors. No more than two minutes into the episode I found an example of deviance, so I suspected there would be many others I could use during this assignment. Throughout the episode, one of the most important behaviors I found was both deviant and criminal. This behavior was shoplifting.

Many families in the middle class live on a budget that allows them to pay for the items they need. In this episode, Homer is only making this budget because he wants a fun new job, but this idea is real. Marge is cognizant of the financial burden that would come with having a third child since having two children is already hard enough to finance, and now there is greater demand for money. This is a common stereotype in America, having to constantly work just to make enough money to pay bills. In the end a sacrifice must be made

You can’t help but wonder why Marge Piercy wrote such a controversial poem. It seems a lot of her political bias may stem from when her grandfather, a union organizer, was murdered while helping organize bakery workers. Not only is she an advocate for women’s right, she was also involved in protests against the US being entangled in the Vietnam War. From the time, she was fifteen she was writing poetry and fiction. Ms. Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1936.

Marge Piercy is known for writing poems about women rights and women’s negative treatment by society in the 1936s. In her poem “What’s that smell in the kitchen?” she talks about how society see women. According to society, women were raised to cook and clean so women are supposed to have a meal on the table for their husbands. Piercy’s attitude toward this statement is that she is mad because there is more quantiles to women than cooking and cleaning.