Glee: feminist friendly

Last night's episode of Glee was centered on the great Madonna. A variety of her songs were sung throughout the hour long program and coincided with the messages of the storyline in the show. One message in particular stuck out to me, fair treatment for women. In this episode of Glee, the girls get treated unfairly and are looked at as sex symbols. This stereotype is something that has been occurring for years and years. However, it is not very frequently that a television show or film picks up on the sexist behavior and addresses it. Glee is the musical exception. In this episode, the main male character Finn decides he needs to talk to the other guys about respecting women and treating them fairly. He then assigns all the guys to apologize to the girls whom they've mistreated. This show provides a positive connotation for fair treatment, which I can only assume will increase their numbers of viewers. Glee generally sets positive messages on a variety of topics such as gay teens, virginity, and diversity. This specific program has a way of taking the lives of diverse high school singers and solving their problems through positive messages and current music. It is important that at least one program out of the hundreds out there has positive messages, especially one that has over 13 million viewers. On the surface many see promo's for the show and assume it is all about singing and nothing else. I challenge those people to try the experience known as Glee. It will surely provide a positive message on one or many problems faced in adolescent hood, and will keep your toes tapping for weeks.