So this article from the independent.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-millennials-watching-friends-on-netflix-shocked-at-how-problematic-it-is.15936/First of all who are these 'millenials' claiming this? The article shows literally like two tweets.
It is the way the author of this article describes the 'problematic' scenes though that I find kind of distinguished mentally-challenged.
Sexism seeps in when Rachel hires a nanny for her daughter Emma, but Emma's father Ross can't handle the fact that the nanny is a man; Ross takes it one step further to being homophobic by asking if he's gay.
I never watched Friends, I always thought it was cheesy trash, but yet, it is so easy to understand what is going on here. Just based on how it is described, it seems clear to me that the scene here is really about Ross' paranoia and insecurities about another man being around his wife and daughter. This is probably why he asked him if he was gay. It's probably because he would feel a little bit more relaxed about it if the nanny wasnt attracted to women.
There is an element of sexism in there obviously, but the scene is clearly more about the insecurity of Ross than it is anything else. To not see that and to simplistically scratch it off as a classic example of sexism and homophobia seems utterly distinguished mentally-challenged to me.
