smart well educated foreigners working menial jobs in the us, what a load of bs......the only reason America is a great power is because all the smart people left fascist europe.
shareStarting sometime in the 1990s, most judges (such as on Law & Order) are black women. A sop to political correctness.
shareThe snarky cool sexy wife married to a bumbling fool of a husband
shareBut the bumbling, lazy husband is a trope itself portrayed a lot. I think that has to be among the worst ones against men.
Just watching that Trojan condom commercial with men walking around as pigs is a perfect way to eliminate male support, portraying your own customers in a dark light as supposed disgusting beings associated with dirt/filth if they don't buy your product. The biggest tropes/stereotypes portrayed by males in the media seem to be either the bumbling, idiotic or weak husband/guy; the overpowering, brazen-ish, confident jerk; and more of the in-between "normal" guy of these two extremes (simplified, but gives an idea).
The equivalent of these towards women would be the damsel in distress/wimpy woman who often needs help, usually from males; and the angry/bitchy/"scornful woman" exaggeration. There are many variations/more, but these seem to be among the "hot" tropes used.
True but many are paired with these pretty, sharp witted wives who never miss an opportunity to mock them. Examples, The King of Queens, Mad About You, Cheers (Sam/Diane), The Cosby Show, Seinfeld (Elaine), Everybody Loves Raymond.
The typical scenario is the guy trying to do something good but bungling it up, and the wife/female love interest standing there with her arms crossed calling out all the flaws with a canned laugh track to back her up,
Also people working menial jobs but has big nice very well maintained house with great lighting and new spotless window curtains.
shareWhat I call 'the exceptional woman' - any woman who feels like the only main female character in a largely male cast, who is friends or neighbours with or a love interest of one of the actual protagonists of the show. Ironically, there's usually not really anything exceptional about her except maybe that the dudes of the show consider her hot.
shareAnd then she goes on to outshine everyone else, especially the males in a field she has no experience or knowledge in. AKA Penny Big Bang Theory as previously mentioned.
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