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Sociology of the Simpsons
The definition of what consitutes a “family“ has definatly changed over time. Usually, what
constitutes making up a family is relative to a specific culture, but as always, there are exceptions
to the rule. Ever since the golden age of television had sprung upon American culture, it has tried
to mimic the "ideal" American family through it's programming. Even as early as the 1950's,
television producers made
programming that would represent what exactly the ideal American family was.
Take for example the show "Leave It to Beaver". There was a father figure, his job, or
responsibility rather, was to financially support the family, while being an exemplary father to his
children. The mother on the other hand, was solely responsible for being a typical housewife,
while not neglecting the rearing of her children. The children did not have any real responsibility,
but they respected their parents and attempted to stay out of trouble. Television shows for the
most part in this early era of programming followed among these guidelines.
However, it is not in a drama that American family life is best represented
in the 1990's. Instead, it is in the animated series, "The Simpsons".
"The Simpsons" follows suit with the other dramas that reflected the decade
in which they aired. According to the U.S. consensus for March 1998, the
majority of households in America are married couples (U.S. Consensus pp. 1,
3,4,6). The Simpson's meet this. Also according to the consensus, the
average married couple has approximately 2.6 children per household (U.S.
Consensus, Household Characteristics p.1). Since there cannot be six-tenths
of a child, I will round up to three children, in which the Simpson family
has: Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Also, the average American is a blue-collar
worker. The father figure, Homer, meets this factor with his job at the nuclear power plant within
his hometown of Springfield. So according to the
statistics, the Simpson family could be considered an average American family.
Homer Simpson is the father figure of the household, whose responsibilities include financially
supporting the household, since he is the household's primary source of income. He has his flaws

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Subject- Computer Science Topic-?Sociology of The Simpsons University name-?Princeton University????? Sociology of the Simpsons? The definition of what consitutes a "family" has definatly changed over time. Usually, what constitutes making up a family is relative to a specific culture, but as always, there are exceptions to the rule. Ever since the golden age of television had sprung upon American culture, it has tried to mimic the "ideal" American family through it's programming. Even as early as the 1950's, television producers made? programming that would represent what exactly the ideal American family was. ? Take for example the show "Leave It to Beaver". There was a father figure, his job, or? responsibility rather, was to financially support the family, while being an exemplary father to his children. The mother on the other hand, was solely responsible for being a typical housewife, while not neglecting the rearing of her children. The children did not have any real responsibility, but they respected their parents and attempted to stay out of trouble. Television shows for the most part in this early era of programming followed among these guidelines.? However, it is not in a drama that American family life is best represented? in the 1990's. Instead, it is in the animated series, "The?Simpsons".? "The Simpsons" follows suit with the other dramas that reflected the decade? in which they aired. According to the U.S. consensus for March 1998, the? ...
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