Analysis Of F Is For Family

After watching the whole first season of F is for Family, I observed how it portrayed race, ethnicity, and class. The show has some interesting ways of how it portrays these races, ethnicity, and class. The course terms I used from chapter 9 were race, dominant ethnic group, minority groups, prejudice, segregated, and stereotypes. Course terms I used from chapter 10 were sex, gender, masculinity, femininity, sexism, and feminism. I concluded that this sitcom somewhat accurately portrays how people treated people based on their race, ethnicity, and class. Certain people might take offense to certain things they say or do based on how they treated other gender and race but there are plenty of shows that are either just like it or even worse. F is for Family is a Netflix original series that was created in 2015. Only one season is out at the moment but they are going to release …show more content…
It reinforces the stereotype that women are mostly stay at home moms that take care of the house and kids. Also that they cannot get certain jobs that males can such as being an astronaut. For example When Marin says how she wants to be an astronaut but Frank says that women cannot be astronauts. Susan walks by and tells her that women will one day be able to be astronauts and Franks says “why do you have to lie to her.” In episode 4 a similar situation arises. Marin wants to be Mr. Coconut but Frank says that you can’t because he is a man. This shows that back then that sexism was present. Sexism is believing that one sex and by extension, one gender is innately superior to another, justifying unequal treatment of the sexes. Some of the ethnic groups that were missing out be Asia’s. I do not recall one Asian character in the show and I think the reason is because it was during the Vietnam era and the Korean War just finished so people might be afraid because they are the enemy that we are fighting