I love your show, although I live in an apartment, I've given pointers to several friends and family memebers that I learned on your show.
I am a grandmother, and mother of 4 daughters. Since we, as a family, are predominantly female , I am sensative to any programs that neglect to portray women in a positive manner.
I have noticed that your show rarely, if ever depicts women in positions of importance, unless they are the owners of houses being worked on, while even then they merely stand by and affirm the males expertise. I know there are women out there fully capable of filling these roles, so why are the experts invited in to do the work always men?
For the sake of little girls everywhere, please stop typecasting women in subservient roles. I would prefer you have no women on your show at all, after all you don't need them, to my girls watching women being essentially window dressing. Keep up the good work, Barbara
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I love your show, although I live in an apartment, I've given pointers to several friends and family memebers that I learned on your show.
I am a grandmother, and mother of 4 daughters. Since we, as a family, are predominantly female , I am sensative to any programs that neglect to portray women in a positive manner.
I have noticed that your show rarely, if ever depicts women in positions of importance, unless they are the owners of houses being worked on, while even then they merely stand by and affirm the males expertise. I know there are women out there fully capable of filling these roles, so why are the experts invited in to do the work always men?
For the sake of little girls everywhere, please stop typecasting women in subservient roles. I would prefer you have no women on your show at all, after all you don't need them, to my girls watching women being essentially window dressing.
Keep up the good work,
Barbara
April 28, 2012 at 2:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )