Nothing can be "sicker" than modern patriarchy. This "Simpsons" comment of theirs is just more evidence of same. The ONLY redeeming feature of the Simpsons is that one of its creators, Mr. Sam Simon, took the tremendous amount of money he earned in consequence and used it to establish the Sam Simon Foundation, which rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to assist the hearing-impaired. (I do feel this fact should be known; also, we acquired our little dog from the Foundation!) Barbara J. Thompson