She also believes that a man is the best person to provide this type of non-sexual satisfaction. Tanya is portrayed as the show's most progressive character, yet she firmly believes that in order for women to be satisfied they need more than sex. Throughout the show, Tanya Skagle (Jane Adams), who acts as Ray's pimp and business partner, pushes Ray to make every client relationship a well-rounded experience rather than a one-dimensional sexual relationship. The pair's casual conversations and friendly interactions are a boon to her and part of the reason she continues to hire him. Abandoned by her husband, Claire clearly craves someone with whom she can have a relationship, and Ray is that person. Sex s the crux of their relationship, but Claire also enjoys just spending time with Ray around her spacious house, which is filmed in a way to emphasize its emptiness. The primary reason female characters are attracted to Drecker is his sexual prowess, but the show also demonstrated that the women enjoy the non-sexual aspects of Drecker's company.Ĭonsider the relationship Ray establishes with a pregnant woman named Claire (Kathryn Hahn) in season two. Almost all of show's female characters at one time or another have sex and/or spend time with Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane), the aforementioned high school teacher turned male prostitute, and the show suggested that all of those characters are better off for their interactions with him. The world of Hung was not one, to quote the title of Maureen Dowd's 2005 book, that raises the question " Are men necessary?" It was a phallocentric show that suggested men can be the best answer to a woman's problems.Įvery season of Hung explored different themes, but the one theme that remained constant throughout the show's run was the idea that females gain incredible pleasure from the company of a worthy man. Since the show's debut in 2009, its creators went out of their way to portray the leading character and a particular part of his anatomy as a Godsend to women. Hung bucked this trend by portraying its male characters in a sometimes stunningly positive manner.
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If journalists like Hanna Rosin and Kate Bolick are correct, and we truly are witnessing the end of men and of male-female relationships as we have long known and understood them, the fact that it is happening against a backdrop of TV narratives in which men are a bunch of slobbering bozos seems like a dash of salt in an open wound. The 2011 fall television lineup garnered significant coverage for the fact that a number of new sitcoms- New Girl, 2 Broke Girls-revolve around female leads, while other shows like Last Man Standing suggest that a male-dominated society is a thing of the past. The ever- prescient purveyors of pop culture seem to have caught on to this phenomenon and have adjusted the way television shows and films, particularly comedies, portray men. And partially as a result, some women are starting to question the institution of marriage because committing to a man is presenting less and less of a financial and social upside. They no longer make as much money in terms of real median income or graduate from institutions of higher learning at the same rate as their forefathers.
Men no longer constitute a majority of the workforce.
The Most Underrated TV Actors of the YearĪre TV's Bridesmaids Knock-Offs Good for Women?Īs The Atlantic has argued, there is mounting evidence to suggest that men have seen better days, that our post-industrial economy we live seems, for myriad reasons, better suited to females. The Looming Male Identity Crisis on Primetime TV