Shows like Everybody love Raymond, Martin, Breaking Bad and the Cosby Show; in all these show the main Character has a supportive female companion. Even in the media gender role are presented. We have all noticed that in most news broadcastings the Head Anchor is 99.9 percent of the time a male while the co-anchor is a female. It kind of presents the traditional husband a wife relationship where the man is captain of the ship and the woman is the first mate. While traditional gender roles have their own set of rules, the opposing progressive society could be a woman leading or Men and Woman have equal roles. But on Law and Order, the roles of gender shift up and down contently. For example the past 18 years the roles of attorneys, detective, cop, and other important roles have shifted between back and forward between male and female but since the since the show released in 1999 The SVU chief (Don Cragen) has always been male and the highest ranked detective (Detective Benson) has always been female. But in the latest season, the Chief has retired and now the female, Detective Benson is the new chief of SVU. So by giving the highest position to a female they have to decide to ignore the traditional gender roles and being more …show more content…
In the episode, I watch the SVU was trying to prove that a teenage girl was raped by her own uncle. In this case all three detectives, Ammaro, Zarist and Rollins worked together in questioning the suspects and victims. They all had very neutral personalities and authority. I noticed in watching them during questioning no one talked more or was more intimidating than the other. Everything was very balanced between the three of them even though one of them was a female. On the other hand, there was Sargent Tutuola who has been in SVU almost as long Chief Benson, so he has a bit more authority than the detectives and when he interacts with them he sometimes calls the shots. Prosecutor Barba’s character is a little interesting in the topic because he has a very strong personality and likes to tell everyone what to do and when to do it. He even has the same attitude with Chief Benson but you can still sense that he respect everyone and what they do, especially