Keven Carlson
Comm 3070-001
Gender Roles Challenged in New Girl
In September of 2011 a new television show aired named “New Girl” it told the story of a young girl in Los Angeles who, after a break-up with a long time boy friend, tries to find a new place to live. She ends up finding a place where she wants to stay, but the catch is that she’ll be living with 3 men, all single in their thirties. This show, starring Zoe Deschanel, on the surface may seem like a light-hearted, quirky comedy, but when we get dig just a bit deeper, we find that it may be challenging gender roles and making us question what really is masculinity and femininity. The three main male characters are Schmidt, Nick, and Winston, and they all in one way or another…