Mad Men

The television series "Mad Men" is set in the 1960's in the ego-driven world of advertisement and is based on the lives of the working men and their house wives. The show is a perfect example of the gender stereotypes that take place in our society and the way men are depicted as middle class, hard working Americans who are able to get away with cheating on their wives and treating them like garbage. The message this show sends to the audience is not positive and teaches us that men are supposed to be working in an office while their wives are at home taking care of their children and spending their time in the kitchen or cleaning. Mad Men shows a lifestyle that we are supposed to believe as being the real way to do things in our society and I am glad our generation has advanced and changed the way we have relationships to some extent. For example, many more fathers are staying at home and a lot of women are becoming more and more successful and getting education and jobs that didn't exist years ago. Since the show takes place in the 1960's, things were not as equal back than but it is reassuring to know that our society has developed a different outlook on the way we work and raise our children but the stereotypes have not gone away yet. Overall, the way men are supposed to act according to "Mad Men" is an inaccurate deception of the way we should be living.

Matt T.