We’ve all sat down watching the Cosby show wondering how Healthcliffe Huxtable got with Clair or how Doug got with Carrie (King of Queens). These are just two examples of the many sitcoms that feature an average, not too attractive male, whom happens to have the hottest MILF as his wife.
Why is it that so many of these family sitcoms feature such unequal couples? Well frankly because it’s more important to have attractive women on TV than to have attractive men.
For decades we've seen shows upon shows and movies upon movies that have fit this mold, to the point where we don't even bat an eye because we are so used to it.
Leah Remini-King of Queens
It seems that overtime not only have people gotten used to, but would rather see a man with a trophy wife than an average looking woman with a trophy husband. This mentality is not something instilled in just men but shared by women as well.
Women will often harshly criticize other women for getting with a hotter mate than if a guy is with a hotter girl. I know we've all (especially women) heard statements like “How did she get with him?” Unfortunately women are known to be more critical at times to other women than men are to women: Whether it’s criticizing another female’s clothes, face, and body or insulting each other with words like bitch or slut.
But this common trend of hotter wives we see on TV doesn’t seem to do much with the female audience; it is mainly for the man. This trend could serve to possibly be an underlying message to all average looking men that they are capable of getting with a hot girl.
Constance Marie Lopez-The George Lopez Show
Kellita Smith- The Bernie Mac Show
This trend also goes along with the issue of women having to always look beautiful and be the idea of perfection. The media has always put more pressure on women than on men to look good. These shows make it seem realistic for women who are married and have 1+ kids to manage to stay in complete shape, be a size 0, have hair and makeup always done, while still doing the cooking, cleaning and being on time.
To all women: THIS IS NOT REALISTIC!
To the women who actual fit this mold, more power to you. Please tell us your secret! And although this is not impossible for women, it’s still hard to keep your family and work in order and still look like a supermodel throughout it all. We don’t have that luxury. Not to mention, after all those kids, who expects a woman to stay a size 6 or below? This is just not realistic.
Barbara Billingsley- Leave it to Beaver
(Not all of us can be like Mrs. Clever ,killer housewife and sexy while doing it)
Jami Gertz- Still Standing
{~The very least you can do in life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope~}
Some more Hot wives!
(Not all of us can be like Mrs. Clever ,killer housewife and sexy while doing it)
Some of these shows have even realized the inconsistencies relating to this matter. In King of Queens, Doug is always stating how Carrie is too good for him. In Still Standing, Bill is also always commenting on his wife's beauty.
Jami Gertz- Still Standing
Courtney Thorne-Smith - According to Jim
This is why I love shows like Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City where all the men are especially very handsome. Four averagely pretty, middle aged women hooking up with gorgeous men: we should be seeing more of this on television. Women too should feel that their looks shouldn’t get in the way of their love life and finding an attractive partner.The media constantly rides on the stereotype that as women get older they look older and as men get older they look more defined. But women, if confident can possess the same type of advantages that these men on TV have, at any age.
I’m sure we’ll have many more sitcoms to come with that quintessential “hot wife”, because the idea of a trophy wife is still a huge part of both women and men’s mentality. But I hope that as time progresses, we can have less pressure on women to be the supermodel trophy wife, and more women in realistic settings. I also hope to see more women, especially older women with attractive men as their co-stars.
{~The very least you can do in life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope~}
Some more Hot wives!
Patricia Heaton- Everbody Loves Ray
Suzanne Pleshette- The Bob Newhart Show
Katey Sagal- Married With Children
Megan Price- Grounded for Life
Meredith Baxter-Family Ties
Lois Griffin-Family Guy
Marge Simpson-The Simpsons
She's not the hottest, but that blue hair adds a bad girl streak
