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Originally Posted by tiqco
Leave It to Beaver is problematic in that it allows the stereotype of the housewife to persist. Portraying women as just a homemaker is degrading and incorrect.
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Everyone who watches the episodes today is aware that the entire series is over 45 years old, including young children. There's nothing wrong with people seeing a woman as a suburban homemaker of the late '50s - early '60s, IMHO.
While most didn't vacuum in pearls and high heels like June did, the fact remains that many, many women of the period were stay-at-home moms and it's educational for young people to learn about how things were. My mom was a housewife of the '60s and up and I don't find anything "degrading" at all about that. You might instead look to current shows that exploit women for their bodies. That's where you will find degrading material.