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49. Yes, this is a societal issue that has gone on for a very long time. Certainly longer than TV. nt

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I Love Lucy and All in the Family also depicted women [View all] malaise Nov 2017 OP

Edith was no idiot dsc Nov 2017 #1

Archie treated her like one malaise Nov 2017 #5

...and he was played as an ignorant jerk. brooklynite Nov 2017 #33

I read that once, a long time ago a married virgin had sex with god behind her husband's back nt msongs Nov 2017 #2

ROFL malaise Nov 2017 #6

All in the Family depicted Archie as an ignorant bigot Drahthaardogs Nov 2017 #3

That's what WE thought; v RW acquaintance saw Archie as the only truth-teller bobbieinok Nov 2017 #31

If they are too fucking dumb to get the joke, it's not the Drahthaardogs Nov 2017 #32

my boss once made a comment that he used to laugh at "All in the Family" and that he wasn't OhioBlue Nov 2017 #35

He was right about one thing misanthrope Nov 2017 #41

Yes Dorian Gray Nov 2017 #47

It's amazing - I think many of us are really just wired differently from birth. OhioBlue Nov 2017 #58

Well said malaise Nov 2017 #50

Burns & Allen eShirl Nov 2017 #4

My all time favorite... TheDebbieDee Nov 2017 #10

ROFL malaise Nov 2017 #11

But, part of the on going jokes on the show because they constantly broke mucifer Nov 2017 #19

One of these days, Malaise ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #7

Women and non-whites have been victims of institutional propaganda for centuries malaise Nov 2017 #9

That was why it was such a deep psychological blow when Trump won the electoral vote. enough Nov 2017 #12

No one "learned it's okay to be violent ... NanceGreggs Nov 2017 #18

I don't think they "learned" it on tv, but seeing it on TV Merlot Nov 2017 #21

Bullshit. NanceGreggs Nov 2017 #34

What you said, Nance Hekate Nov 2017 #27

Note too Alice's posture and expression when Ralph did that misanthrope Nov 2017 #42

Exactly. NanceGreggs Nov 2017 #44

Alice always won and Ralph always lost. He was a blabbermouth stopbush Nov 2017 #54

I bet you would find it in the Rosetta Stone BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #8

We are still being treated like idiots. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #13

TV comedy is pretty hard on the bumbling husbands, too unc70 Nov 2017 #14

if you're still alive and you harassed, you're vulnerable maxsolomon Nov 2017 #15

The Bible? maveric Nov 2017 #16

And many other religious texts malaise Nov 2017 #17

Lucy wasn't an idiot - she was a clown Merlot Nov 2017 #20

I loved the show malaise Nov 2017 #23

I call her a clown because she studied clowns Merlot Nov 2017 #38

B.C. comic strip? Demonaut Nov 2017 #22

Off-hand, I can't think of any of the All in the Family women that were portrayed as idiots, sl8 Nov 2017 #24

Absolutely, the men were the idiots. kacekwl Nov 2017 #25

Yep** misanthrope Nov 2017 #43

I think women often make better leaders than men. Men, always have too much testosterone RKP5637 Nov 2017 #26

I've known good leaders from both genders malaise Nov 2017 #45

Good points, as always. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #53

I have never liked any sort of show where... 3catwoman3 Nov 2017 #28

Eve was the first sinner nini Nov 2017 #29

Nope. dawg Nov 2017 #30

The first thirty years or so customerserviceguy Nov 2017 #36

So not a fan of Lucy. Tikki Nov 2017 #37

how far back before...what? before it becomes not wrong? i'd have to say really, really far. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2017 #39

i didn't find the women in those shows as Idiots. the Husbands seemed to be treated more JI7 Nov 2017 #40

I agree with you re the h/w relationship malaise Nov 2017 #46

Ethel sure had Fred's number Yupster Nov 2017 #59

I Felt RobinA Nov 2017 #48

Yes, this is a societal issue that has gone on for a very long time. Certainly longer than TV. nt gollygee Nov 2017 #49

I Love Lucy was a comedy show..... CatMor Nov 2017 #51

You have to decide how tolerant you are going to be with media created earlier el_bryanto Nov 2017 #52

There Are Episodes Of Bugs Bunny. . . ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #55

Edith was more an innocent than an idiot. Orsino Nov 2017 #56

Edith was the ethical and moral center of the central characters misanthrope Nov 2017 #57