I have nothing against this show. I actually think that it is a great insight into an oft over-romanticized time. When people talk about the 'good old days' I always wonder just what fantasy they are alluding to. The past in this country was one of higher crime rates and a time when women and non-white people were second-class citizens who existed solely to make the white man's life easier.
Mad Men shows at least part of this past for what it was. The main character has no respect for the women in his life, and by proxy his family. You can say that it was a different time, but even before the 1960's adultery was an issue among most people.
He is a bad husband in a time when all you had to do to be a good husband was come home, eat the meal your doting wife prepared, kiss the children she looks after and sleep with her in the bed she will make in the morning. That is some feat.
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