Response to Jaimee Schuster

As a follower of the television show Sex and the City, I understand all of Jaimee's point with the four main characters. They each portray a different stereotype some that generally fall under the typical idea of women. After our discussion in class today, it dawned on me the different television shows I watched in the past all have different ideas of parental unit. In the television show Brothers and Sisters, Sarah, the mother of two kids is the "bread winner" of the family while her artistic musical husband is watching the kids. After the first couple of episodes, Joe (the husband) felt lost in the shuffle of being a stay at home dad and felt like he had no true identity. He was being honest and outspoken on how he felt as a stay at home dad but if a women said that their husband would most likely not understand how they feel. Sarah and Joe's marriage ended in divorce. While they were going through the proper legal matters of divorce, custody became a debacle. From what people have said, most of the time the mother normally receives sole custody of the children. Joe used Sarah's successful job as a way to prove she had no time to take care of their children. He wound up winning the custody battle and received full custody. To me this was a very bold statement. Women worked so hard to get to where they are today. To me this showed, that being the "bread winner" was the reason Sarah could not share custody of the children. Bold moves are being made in the television world and not living to the stereotypical ideas from the past.