Quick summary of episode:
After running into her ex-boyfriend, Ross Fishman, at the grocery store, Lois and the Griffins are invited to attend a dinner at the Fishman’s house. During dinner, Ross and his wife show the Griffins all the impressive vacations they have taken as a family. Peter is jealous of this and when Ross mentions that their next vacation is climbing Mt. Everest, he says that so are the Griffins. Sticking to their word, the Griffins and the Fishmans begin their journey to climb Mt. Everest.
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Sex Role Analysis/Stereotypes:
- Lois
- “It’s cooked food in another house. That’s exciting for life-over women like me.”
- Sends message that housewives have nothing going on, live a boring life
Worth noting:
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Body Image:
- During dinner Peter challenges Ross Fishman to see whose pecks are bigger
- The better man/husband is the one whose more fit/stronger
- Implication- sends message to viewers that to be a man you must be muscular
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Expectations for women:
- “I just got home from work, put down the lawyer brief case and put on the chef’s hat. You know what that’s like.”
- When Lois makes a comment about how good the dinner is and asks the wife if she made it herself, she responds with ^^
- Ross’s wife is a lawyer and cooks dinner and Peter makes comment saying that Lois doesn’t do anything
- Implies that being a housewife is easy work/not a job
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Gender Schema:
- “And the scarf Brian called a gay waste makes a rather important appearance”
- Men have to be tough, even when climbing a mountain showing that you’re cold makes you less of a man
- Considered weak or “gay” (used as an insult)
Shared by: Hope Duppler
Image Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgHM80tV-3Y