WAY BACK in 2010, which was eons ago, a commenter at View from the Right wrote about the television show “The Brady Bunch:”

Everything you need to know about feminism can be found in one episode of the 1970s situation comedy, “The Brady Bunch.”

Notice that it’s not called the Brady Family or simply the Bradys. The reason is that it’s about a single father, with three sons, and a single mother, with three daughters, who fall in love and get married. Or, actually, they decide to move in with each other so they can split the rent and have sex while they raise their unrelated children. They do not conceive a child together and thus never form a true union.

[Note: That’s an interesting point about “bunch,” but the Bradys were married. The fact that they did not have children, assuming they did nothing to prevent it, does not mean they did not have a “true union.” Couples are still married in all senses if they cannot conceive. The Bradys’ previous spouses had died. Still, the show was preparing the viewing public for the mixed-up family of television future. In that way, it was cunning.]

It’s the new family! The new husband, the new wife, the man, the new woman, the new son, the new daughter, the new boy, the new girl. They’re not bound by the outdated modes of tradition. They’re hip, modern, and oh so liberal.

There was one episode in Marsha, the oldest daughter, wakes up one day and decides she wants to be a Boy Scout. She goes down to the troop, and the leader asks her, “Why do you want to be a Boy Scout? Why don’t you want to be a Girl Scout?”

Marsha immediately becomes horribly offended. “This is discrimination!” And she goes on a tear. She organizes marches in the streets, with signs, placards, billboards, and bullhorns. Television cameras. She brings the entire town to its knees. Julian of Norwich had nothing on this girl.

Finally, the parents—the supposed adults—relent. They just throw their hands up and surrender. “It’s okay, Marsha. Calm down. You can be a Boy Scout.”

And Marsha flips her hair and says, ” Well, I don’t really want to be a Boy Scout. I just wanted to prove that I could.”

Now, think about how incredibly stupid this is. This girl, Marsha, becomes horribly offended for no reason. In fact, she goes out and deliberately looks for something, anything, to be offended by, so that she can throw a fit. And she throws a royal fit. She becomes totally motivated, psychologically determined, physically committed to proving … that she can do what she does not want to do.

Think about it, seriously. It’s the essence of feminism, and of liberalism.

— Comments —

Pan Dora writes:

The Brady Bunch was always a bit slow to get with modernism. The brief spinoff show the Brady Brides had Jan’s boyfriend of several years proposing in the first episode. He went to her apartment with the ring in hand. Yes, her apartment. They never lived together prior to marriage.

Terry Morris writes:

Huh?! The Brady Bunch was a (very successful) attempt to push modernism forward. For goodness sakes, this is very plain for anyone with eyes to see.

Pan Dora writes:

 The description of the Marcia wants to be a Boy Scout is very inaccurate.

I also note Mrs Brady was not employed outside the home, even though they employed a full-time maid. She did not enter the workforce until the youngest child went to college.

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