The loyal wife. The caring mother. The good daughter. And this is when women are winning. The other side of the coin? The temptress. The slut. The spinster. Pick a box, or better yet get one picked for you, and whatever you do, do not step outside of its. This is society, yes, but it’s also television, however far we keep hearing we’ve come.
Undoubtedly, there are more female characters on screen, and if they’re lucky these days they might get to be ‘feisty’, or a ‘workaholic’ rather than just ‘hot’ or ‘mum’ or ‘dead on a slab’.
