Thursday, November 18, 2010

“The Caste System” By: Laura Daniel

Aired: 8 August 1999
Summary
The women are faced with common social issues. Samantha dates a rich man named Harvey who has a maid, but quickly finds the maid Sum isn’t too fond of Sam. Charlotte dates a celebrity actor named Wylie Ford who is her dream man but soon finds out that she is less of his girlfriend and more of a groupie when she doesn’t want to do the things he does. Miranda takes Steve shopping for a new suite for Miranda’s work party and pays for it but finds out that he is upset because he can’t foot the bill himself, and he breaks up with her. Carrie is insecure yet again with her relationship with Mr. Big when he takes her to a party and isn’t able to express the way he feels about her. She leaves Big for a waiter there who she used to flirt with before he came into the picture.

The Future Holds Change
Television shows often show us the issues that have to be dealt with in society. A woman making more money than a man is turning into a large issue in this episode. It isn’t rare now-a-days for women to out earn men, women are getting more education, better jobs, and in the end… more money. This isn’t the only issue that goes on in today’s society, there is a lot more going on in the world than people seem to think. In class we discussed LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered) in television. Sex and the City is great at bringing these issues to light. In a few episodes there are LGBT, and a serial element of this show has two gay men who appear frequently in issues.
Issues in today’s society don’t just go away. If someone gets upset about an issue and tries to day something about it there are usually large consequences and issues will get blown up.
The Caste System exists!!

 The Caste System is a type of social structure which divides people on the basis of inherited social status. Although many societies could be described in this way, within a caste system, people are rigidly expected to marry and interact with people of the same social class. India has a well known example of a caste system, although various forms of caste systems can be found in many other cultures as well.
Television is a great way to bring important issues to light, but do they stop there?
I think that its one thing to present the issue on television and a completely different situation when people actually act on the important issues.

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