I've seen a few questions about this, but it must be a predominantly American thing because I've seen only very, very few examples of this on British TV. On British TV, in the shows where the characters are set up that way, the male characters are still seen as having the central roles and still provide the comic relief, whereas the female characters are usually not central and don't provide humour. The male stereotype perpetuated by those shows has some positive connotations too, is what I'm trying to say.
The characters also aren't shown as ones people "want to be like" because they're purely for comedy. For example, The Simpsons' is a comedy show. Homer isn't set up as being an inspirational figure for men but as a comedic figure, a crude caricature of "men", which is why you don't see anyone in real life imitating Homer apart from for comedy. Because the show doesn't perpetuate his idiocy as an ideal but as a trait to be mocked, nobody imitates those negative aspects of his personality. Does that make sense?
I don't know if the shows you are talking about really do glorify idiocy though, or just mock it in the way shows like The Simpsons' do. If it's the former, then it's more worrying than if it's the latter.
Is it normal that I believe men are being portrayed as morons?
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I've seen a few questions about this, but it must be a predominantly American thing because I've seen only very, very few examples of this on British TV. On British TV, in the shows where the characters are set up that way, the male characters are still seen as having the central roles and still provide the comic relief, whereas the female characters are usually not central and don't provide humour. The male stereotype perpetuated by those shows has some positive connotations too, is what I'm trying to say.
The characters also aren't shown as ones people "want to be like" because they're purely for comedy. For example, The Simpsons' is a comedy show. Homer isn't set up as being an inspirational figure for men but as a comedic figure, a crude caricature of "men", which is why you don't see anyone in real life imitating Homer apart from for comedy. Because the show doesn't perpetuate his idiocy as an ideal but as a trait to be mocked, nobody imitates those negative aspects of his personality. Does that make sense?
I don't know if the shows you are talking about really do glorify idiocy though, or just mock it in the way shows like The Simpsons' do. If it's the former, then it's more worrying than if it's the latter.