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Why are sitcom dads still so inept?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2290" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-are-sitcom-dads-still-so-inept-139737" target="_blank"><strong>Why are sitcom dads still so inept? - The Conversation</strong></a></p><p></p><p>From Homer Simpson to <a href="https://modernfamily.fandom.com/wiki/Phil_Dunphy" target="_blank">Phil Dunphy</a>, sitcom dads have long been known for being bumbling and inept.</p><p></p><p>But it wasn’t always this way. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, sitcom dads tended to be serious, calm and wise, if a bit detached. In a shift that media scholars <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/15295039009360179" target="_blank">have documented</a>, only in later decades did fathers start to become foolish and incompetent.</p><p></p><p>And yet the real-world roles and expectations of fathers have changed in recent years. Today’s dads are putting more time into caring for their children and see that role <a href="https://theconversation.com/dads-are-more-involved-in-parenting-yes-but-moms-still-put-in-more-work-72026" target="_blank">as more central to their identity</a>.</p><p></p><p>Have today’s sitcoms kept up?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2290, member: 1"] [URL='https://theconversation.com/why-are-sitcom-dads-still-so-inept-139737'][B]Why are sitcom dads still so inept? - The Conversation[/B][/URL] From Homer Simpson to [URL='https://modernfamily.fandom.com/wiki/Phil_Dunphy']Phil Dunphy[/URL], sitcom dads have long been known for being bumbling and inept. But it wasn’t always this way. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, sitcom dads tended to be serious, calm and wise, if a bit detached. In a shift that media scholars [URL='https://doi.org/10.1080/15295039009360179']have documented[/URL], only in later decades did fathers start to become foolish and incompetent. And yet the real-world roles and expectations of fathers have changed in recent years. Today’s dads are putting more time into caring for their children and see that role [URL='https://theconversation.com/dads-are-more-involved-in-parenting-yes-but-moms-still-put-in-more-work-72026']as more central to their identity[/URL]. Have today’s sitcoms kept up? [/QUOTE]
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