A Sociological Approach To The Simpsons :: essays research papers

Im going to start off by saying that until now I never actually thought there was a difference in the way those cartoon characters (the Simpsons) were approached, depending on their gender (not that I watched them too often times or anything). First of all Ill keep back to break the characters in two meetings, because you cannot compare old people with children. So the first group will be composed of Lisa and Bart (the children) and the second one of shore and Homer (the parents). Just by taking a glance at the show you see that it portrays the typical image of the traditional American family of the work decade mom stays home to cook, clean and take plow of the kids, while the husband provides for the family. The little boy is very violent doing a lot of cool things, and of course never studies, while the little fille is very quiet and smart. There are certain traces of stereotypes in nearly all the activities in which the characters engage and that seems to be meant in a shadowy way. For example, in one episode, Lisa and Bart are taken hostages by a prison escapist in a zeppelin. Using a estimator inside the zeppelin you could write on an electronic board outdoors the zeppelin. Lisa discovers that and writes a message to let everybody know that they are in there and in the middle of it she puts these flashing red hearts... I wonder if they would have done that if Bart were the one writing the message This other time Bart gets himself a fake ID, rents a car and goes away for leap break with some friends (he of course lies to his parents) meanwhile Lisa stays home and has swordplay by going to work with her dad. Whats the message here? Boys go off and do crazy things, but girls must stay home, loaded to the family. Bart is ceaselessly the one who has all the adventures and does all the exciting nonsensical things and Lisa is the smart quiet one always getting him out of trouble. She never holds any grudges, while Bart is mean to her most of the times and always gets his revenge in other words girls, you be silent, boys have the overcompensate to do anything.But enough of the youngsters, lets talk about the adults too. As Ive said before, Marge is a housewife she never directly disagrees with Hommie, her husband, and shes always the one spoiling the children.