8. 2 Broke Girls
You would think that a show about two girls wouldn’t be demeaning towards women, but it is. 2 Broke Girls is the story of a pair of best friends, Max and Caroline, and their struggles to open their own cupcake business. Even though there are strong storylines of friendship and professional endeavors, the show’s writing constantly puts down the women, by making them poke fun at themselves in completely inappropriate ways. In one episode, Max takes a pregnancy test because she had a couple free minutes and “you never know,” and in another she blatantly makes jokes about being raped. There’s also obvious racism and crude sexual humor. We would expect a lot more coming from writer Michael Patrick King, the creator of Sex and the City.
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