Most sexist tv show ever
dont care if it takes place in 60s.
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Why don't these women have careers of their own?
Also, I have this horrific feeling that none of them care or even know about diversity!
Most women of that era, especially military wives, didn't work outside the home. Military families moved all over the country, and the world for that matter, so staying in one place to develop a career path didn't always happen. Many lived on base housing, thus two paychecks weren't necessary.
shareIf you want to be accurate, the military also discouraged wives' careers or jobs because they needed them as volunteers or low level local hire GS support staff (enlisted wives; officers' wives certainly were expected to be homebodies).
The military itself expected a lot of a military wife and that in itself was a 'job', sort of like being a minister's wife at the time.
Um... Because the story is based on actual people in American history. None of the astronauts at that time had husbands. If someone wrote a biography about George W. Bush, Albert Einstein, or Brad Pitt and didn't give one of them a husband, is that homophobic?
Sally Ride was the first woman in space and the youngest American in space. If a biographer gave her a husband, that would be homophobic.
Sarcasm ;-)
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True, but the first seven astronauts had wives.
This isn't fiction, but I would watch a show about n astronaut who had to be closeted so he could go into the space program in that era.
It ain't the Ganges, but you go with what you got." ~ Ken Talley, "The Fifth of July"
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But it can be proven that they had wives and no husbands.
shareyou can't prove that none of the astronauts were gay
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Who gives a fluck Druggy? Why is it important to have gays in every TV program? There may have been astronauts who were gay but none of the Original 7 were, so why were you hoping to see gay astronauts in this series?
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That isn't what I said. I said they all had wives.
It ain't the Ganges, but you go with what you got." ~ Ken Talley, "The Fifth of July"
You also can't prove that none of them were leprechauns or aliens from outer space or serial killers or anything else for which there is no evidence. The point is that there is no evidence to suggest they were gay and a lot of inferential data to suggest they were not.
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That sounds like an interesting book. Maybe you should write it. As for your other topic, have you ever watched "I Dream of Jeannie"? Major Nelson and his neighbor across the hall, seemed gay to me before I had ever heard the word. Or had any idea what it meant.
shareMajor Healy?
Major Nelson was Jeanie's guy. Major Healy was Bill Daily. There was certainly something a bit different about him.
I didn't say they didn't exist. I said the real life people represented in the show were heterosexual.
Albert: You know, I used to feel that way too until I found out that Alexander the Great was a fag. Talk about gays in the military!share
-- The Birdcage
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So, write a screen play, find a producer, a director, and some actors and tell the untold story of closeted astronauts.
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Yes, but they existed in the shadows. They were mocked, excluded - or worse. Homosexuality was illegal, too. You can't judge yesterday by today.
This is the dumbest thread. Sexist? Yes. Racist, homophobic? Welcome to the 60's!
If they gave Sally Ride a husband, that would definitely be homophobic since she was gay and had a long time relationship with a woman.
shareThank you. My point exactly. I would even bet the OP and the Drugz poster know nothing about Sally Ride.
I don't even recall her sexuality ever being an issue in the legit news or the tabloids. And that says a lot. She was revered for her accomplishments and iconic for being the first woman in space. The chatter in this thread is so ridiculous, I don't know why I bother.
Sally Ride did have a husband from 1982 to 1987. She was married to another astronaut.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-astronaut-bride
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Apparently her sexuality was not revealed publicly until her obituary in July 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html?_r=0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ginny-gilder/the-gift-of-sally-rides-secret_b_6350096.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/23/sally-ride-first-american-woman-female-partner-_n_1696537.html
You DO know that Sally Ride was married to fellow astronaut Steve Hawley for 5 years, right?
Kind of tragic that she couldn't feel comfortable being out during her lifetime.
I didn't know any of that. Interesting. But, at least when the news did come out, the tabloids and gossip shows didn't freak out about it like it was some scandal. It sounds like the info was more matter-of-fact like. As it should be. Like you said, too bad she was never able to be out publicly.
shareActually, Ride was semi-publicly out for a long, long time. She lived with her partner for years and was known in the aerospace community to be a lesbian. She just chose not to publicize the fact.
shareHow would you know if the people in the show were gay, straight, black, white or transsexual? You were watching CSPAN.
i was watching CSPAN instead. share
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Because this show is about/based on real people and the men were all married to women?
shareThe TV show seems sexist because life was very sexist in those days. Thus, Women's Lib Movement. Again, the series was actually portraying life as it was in that era,, not the screen writer' s interpretation. As sad as it was that women really had a voice, it is what it is! Look at Rene Carpenter. She divorced for wanting a career in addition to being a wife and mother.
shareThe TV show seems sexist because life was very sexist in those days. Thus, Women's Lib Movement. Again, the series was actually portraying life as it was in that era,, not the screen writer' s interpretation. As sad as it was that women really had a voice, it is what it is! Look at Rene Carpenter. She divorced for wanting a career in addition to being a wife and mother.
shareThe TV show seems sexist because life was very sexist in those days. Thus, Women's Lib Movement. Again, the series was actually portraying life as it was in that era,, not the screen writer' s interpretation. As sad as it was that women really had a voice, it is what it is! Look at Rene Carpenter. She divorced for wanting a career in addition to being a wife and mother.
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