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Lecture 13: Gender & Sexuality in the Post Network Era

Explore the political and social changes surrounding gender and sexuality in US popular culture. Examine the evolution of TV shows like "Murphy Brown," "Ally McBeal," and "Sex and the City," and their impact on cultural consciousness. Dive into the issues of gender and sexuality in late 20th and early 21st century America.

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Lecture 13: Gender & Sexuality in the Post Network Era

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  1. Lecture 13:Gender & Sexuality in the Post Network Era

  2. Lesson 13 Agenda • Issues of Gender in US Popular Culture in the Late 20th & Early 21st Century America • Political & Social Change • Pop Cultural Consciousness On TV • Let’s Watch Some TV! Pt. 1 • Murphy, Ally, Carrie: Three Faces of Gender • Issues of Sexuality in US Popular Culture in the Late 20th & Early 21st Century America • Political & Social Change • Pop Cultural Consciousness On TV • Let’s Watch Some TV! Pt. 1 • Ellen & Will & Grace: Coming Out Tales vs. “We’re Here, We’re Queer & We’re Used to It”

  3. Section 1: Issues of Gender in Late 20th & Early 21st Century US Popular Culture

  4. Political & Social Change • After Women’s Lib • The New “F” • 2nd vs 3rd Wave Feminism • Glass Ceilings • Women on the Left & Wome on the Right • The Problems of “Choice”

  5. Pop Cultural Consciousness • All About Princesses • Sexual Agency: from Madonna to Fatal Attraction • The Problems of “Choice” • Race, Gender & Ethnicity: Stereotypical Trifecta

  6. Women on TV • From Mary to Murphy… • Murphy, Ally, Carrie: Three Faces of Gender • Post Feminist Protagonist: Ally? • Post Feminist Protagonist: Carrie? (above) Sex in the City (HBO, 1998-2004); (below) Murphy Brown (CBS 1988-98); (left, top) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS 1970-77);(left, bottom) Ally McBeal (Fox, 1997-2004)

  7. Let’s Watch Some TV! (Pt. 1)

  8. For Your Viewing Pleasure:Murphy, Ally & Carrie • From Mary to Murphy… • Post Feminist Protagonist: Ally? • Post Feminist Protagonist: • Carrie?

  9. Section 3: Issues of Sexuality in Late 20th & Early 21st Century US Popular Culture

  10. Political & Social Change • After Stonewall (6/28/69) • Anita Bryant & the Religious Right (1977) • The Assassination of Harvey Milk (11/27/78) • Log Cabin Republicans • Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell • We’re Here, We’re Queer: Get Used To It. • Matthew Shepard • Gay Marriage & Prop. 8

  11. “Slumpy” demographic • Is an effort to reach socially liberal, urban-minded professionals who tend to be upscale, college-educated, with high levels of disposable income.

  12. Pop Cultural Consciousness • Queer Culture: Pride & Visibility • Outing • Coming Out Becomes Easier to Do

  13. In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder.

  14. WHY the rise in lesbian and gay characters • The trend towards deregulation and the expansion in the number of cable channels has created more opportunities for a range of programs containing images of sexual minorities. • Lesbian and gay consumers have gained more interest from advertisers as a demographic social group with relatively more disposable income to spend.

  15. BECKER on NARROWCASTING & “SLUMPY DEMOGRAPHIC” What Becker shows us is that a whole host of changes prompted the broadcast networks, whose powers had been waning since the late 1970s, to define their most desirable demographic as explicitly straight, mostly white professionals whose socially liberal attitudes and urban sensibilities attributed a certain amount of cachet to tolerance, multiculturalism, and minority sexualities

  16. Section 4: Let’s Watch Some TV! (Pt. 2) Download Reading/Screening Sheet 13 from Learning Tasks Will & Grace (NBC 1998-2006)

  17. And, finally…Ellen & Will & Grace (Above) Ellen (with Laura Dern & Oprah Winfrey) in “The Puppy Episode” (4/30/97); (Below) Will and Grace (NBC 1998-2006). • We’re Here, We’re Queer & We’re Used To It • Kingfish & Andy vs. Jack & Karen • Ellen’s Story: How far can social discourse go?

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