My roommate recently introduced me to the tv show “Modern Family”. If you haven’t watched it yet, I would highly recommend giving it a try. The sitcom creates humour by playing of stereotypes the ideal North American family. Two characters in the show, Cameron and Mitchel are a gay couple who have recently adopted a little baby girl from Vietnam. One thing that gets me about their relationship is that they are never seen kissing on the show. They get close to showing affection, such as a peck on the check or a hug but never actually displaying the same levels of PDA (public displays of affection) as either of the other heterosexual couples on the show. It makes me wonder how much of our television is censored. We are allowed to see a heterosexual couple display affection in greater graphic depiction but when it comes to a homosexual relationship we don’t hold it to the same standards.
I am by not any means bashing “Modern Family”. I for one quite enjoy it! It is a progressive show in that they are displaying a 21st century model of family. But what does make me angry is how much our society still holds a heterosexual bias. What makes being straight so much better than being gay? In my mind, nothing. Shouldn’t love be love be love be love. Nothing is going to happen to our children if we demonstrate to them images of two men or two women, or heaven forbid a transvestite, or anything out of the norm, being affectionate with each other compared. Yes it could potentially result in a change in what we consider the “Normal” North American family. However isn’t the definition of a normal family changing at this moment? Hasn’t it always been changing? Won’t it always continue to change? So why it is still so taboo to allow characters on television, such as Cam and Mitch, to display PDA on prime time? Shouldn’t the “Modern Family” be open to progressively changing view of family and allow them to show just much affection as the heterosexual couples displayed?
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