Sexism in "The Flintstones"
I remember that I saw “The Flintstones” for the first time when I was a girl, before I went to the elementary school.
My favorite character was Dino, the family pet, but I also liked Vilma Picapiedra, her family was economically stable, and she married without they permission, only for love. She is a nice woman, wife and a good mother, but I think that Vilma is much more important than the program shows, since is intelligent and responsible of make mature decisions in the house.
However, still they describe her how a housewife that she main interests shopping trips and that keep long conversations with her best friend Betty, only for listen to the gossip and wait the time she come back cooking. The worse is that Vilma holds this think, when she talks with her friends and as explain to daughter about proper behavior.
This is complicate, because most the girls saw this cartoon and we normalized these practices that now appears to be inadequate and denigrating, for example, when Pedro called "useless" to Vilma or "the place and role of woman is the house".
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ResponderEliminarI think that as girls we normalize many things like these, the important thing is that now we are questioning them. Interesting point!
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ResponderEliminarVilma shows the stereotype of mother: devoted to the care of home and children. They should do a chapter where Vilma empowers herself, what do you think?
ResponderEliminarAnd I saw the "picapiedra" when I was little, I found them tender
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ResponderEliminardespite being a classic it is too sexist
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