I remember watching Married with Children occasionally when I was a child, but I do not remember anything like the episode we watched in class. My mouth literally dropped within the first few minutes of the episode and did not close until after it was over. This episode seriously shamed the female gender.
Peggy was a horrible representation of the women of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Most of the women in sitcoms during this time were empowered, strong-willed, intelligent, and many even had a career. Yet, Peggy was obnoxious, trashy, overly-sexual, and down right disgusting. Peggy exuded every terrible female stereotype there is. And, don't even get me started on their hooker of a daughter. Their daughter Kelly was incredibly stupid and forwardly a slut. There were even references to her being a prostitute. If the rest of the episodes portrayed women like this, I don't know how it could even be on television.
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