I'm going to start off by saying that until now I never actually thought there was a difference in the way those cartoon characters (the Simpsons) were approached, depending on their gender (not that I watched them too often or anything).
First of all I'll have to break the characters in two groups, because you cannot compare old people with children. So the first group will be composed of Lisa and Bart (the children) and the second one of Marge and Homer (the parents).
Just by taking a glance at the show you see that it portrays the typical image of the "traditional American family" of the last decade: mom stays home to cook, clean and take care of the kids, while the husband provides for the family. The little boy is very violent doing a lot of "cool" things, and of course never studies, while the little girl is very quiet and smart.
There are certain traces of stereotypes in almost all the activities in which the characters engage and that seems to......
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