Three days before Father’s Day, it was good to read the following article by Jan Moir in today’s Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2340677/Why-does-TV-portray-dad-dimwit.html
As Swayne O’Pie points out in Why Britain Hates Men: Feminism Exposed, all the male characters in The Simpsons are dysfunctional, all the female characters admirable. The same is true for many other shows including Family Guy in which the dog, Brian, is an alcoholic.