Some believe that the more money a person has, the less satisfaction the person will have in life. When women are involved with successful men, women tend to depend on men more; however, single women earn independence as the single females do not depend on the income of men. The show, Mad Men, takes place in the 1960’s New York, portraying the life of the protagonist, Don Draper (Jon Hamm), the Creative Director of Sterling Cooper Agency, an advertising agency owned by Roger Sterling (John Slattery). Don Draper is praised for his work, but many of the employees in the company, including Draper, are filled with arrogance and disrespect that not only the men face, but that women tolerate. The episode “Shoot” mainly focuses on Don’s wife
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Sally and Betty are similar in the way that both act like children when they are around Don. After Betty is thanking Don for allowing her to model for the Coca-Cola commercial, she climbs on top of Don, trying to initiate the sex act, but the scene is a bit awkward due to the fact that the entire time, Betty is talking as a little girl. In the article “Gender Role Behaviors and Attitudes” by Aaron Devor, he states “Speech characterized by sounds of higher frequencies are often interpreted by listeners as feminine, childlike, and ineffectual” (507). Childlike sounds are a stereotypical sign of femininity, and Sally and Betty both fit the stereotype that females are the same as babies, helpless and incapable of taking care of themselves, and the females need wealthy men to take care of the females. Instead, both have to comply with Don’s demands because Don is the man of the house and Don is the one capable of helping the family out financially. With Sally witnessing how Don is around the family, Sally can possibly end up with a man that resembles her father. There are many times where some say that girls date guys who have some of the same characteristics as the girls’ fathers. That does not mean that the girls themselves are attracted to their own father’s, but rather than the girls are looking for a guy …show more content…
Of course, Sally is still a young girl, but she does not show the same emotions as Betty. Despite Betty being affected by Don and his status in Sterling Cooper Agency, Sally is still unaware of what Don does behind Betty’s back. Sally even demonstrates that she does not need help from her parents, despite her still being a girl and not being able to take care of herself. When the Drapers’ neighbor threatens Sally to shoot the family dog after the dog one of the neighbor’s pigeons, Sally did not ask Don or Betty to convince the neighbor otherwise. Sally did mention the incident with Don and Betty, but she is mature enough to not have Don or Betty handle the situation. Sally, moreover, showed that she did not need Betty’s help the morning when Don is heading to work and Betty is cooking breakfast. As the children are eating breakfast, Betty walks behind Sally and begins to fix her hair, causing Sally to respond with, “Mommy, I’m eating!”. Sally is not worried about how the morning bed head looked; Sally is more concerned about having a nutritious meal. In the article “Mad Men and the Paradox of the Past” by Natasha Simons, she states “‘Man in a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe.’ That’s not only a pointed assessment of modern fear, but a wonderful precis of the theme of Mad Men” (301). Sally is the portrayal of progression for she represents
Sally and Betty are similar in the way that both act like children when they are around Don. After Betty is thanking Don for allowing her to model for the Coca-Cola commercial, she climbs on top of Don, trying to initiate the sex act, but the scene is a bit awkward due to the fact that the entire time, Betty is talking as a little girl. In the article “Gender Role Behaviors and Attitudes” by Aaron Devor, he states “Speech characterized by sounds of higher frequencies are often interpreted by listeners as feminine, childlike, and ineffectual” (507). Childlike sounds are a stereotypical sign of femininity, and Sally and Betty both fit the stereotype that females are the same as babies, helpless and incapable of taking care of themselves, and the females need wealthy men to take care of the females. Instead, both have to comply with Don’s demands because Don is the man of the house and Don is the one capable of helping the family out financially. With Sally witnessing how Don is around the family, Sally can possibly end up with a man that resembles her father. There are many times where some say that girls date guys who have some of the same characteristics as the girls’ fathers. That does not mean that the girls themselves are attracted to their own father’s, but rather than the girls are looking for a guy …show more content…
Of course, Sally is still a young girl, but she does not show the same emotions as Betty. Despite Betty being affected by Don and his status in Sterling Cooper Agency, Sally is still unaware of what Don does behind Betty’s back. Sally even demonstrates that she does not need help from her parents, despite her still being a girl and not being able to take care of herself. When the Drapers’ neighbor threatens Sally to shoot the family dog after the dog one of the neighbor’s pigeons, Sally did not ask Don or Betty to convince the neighbor otherwise. Sally did mention the incident with Don and Betty, but she is mature enough to not have Don or Betty handle the situation. Sally, moreover, showed that she did not need Betty’s help the morning when Don is heading to work and Betty is cooking breakfast. As the children are eating breakfast, Betty walks behind Sally and begins to fix her hair, causing Sally to respond with, “Mommy, I’m eating!”. Sally is not worried about how the morning bed head looked; Sally is more concerned about having a nutritious meal. In the article “Mad Men and the Paradox of the Past” by Natasha Simons, she states “‘Man in a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe.’ That’s not only a pointed assessment of modern fear, but a wonderful precis of the theme of Mad Men” (301). Sally is the portrayal of progression for she represents