The Jetsons

So is has been a while since I've written but something struck my last night while watching "The Jetsons". Yes the old cartoon from the '80's about George Jetson of the future. However this episode it seems like all the thinking was from the 1950s. The first part of the episode that irritated me was when Jane Jetsons friend called her on the TV phone and she had to "put on her face" before she could answer. Why? Couldn't she just answer how she was, she did just get up you know. After that passed it seemed to just get worse. George and Jane went out looking for a new car. Jane, a mother of two, did not have her driver’s license. She has just gotten her permit. Now most of us in general get our permits at 15 and license by 16. Why was Jane just getting her permit, at let’s estimate like 37? On top of that, when they went out she had to beg George to let her drive and that’s where the real stereotypes came in. First George said she wasn’t a good driver, then after handing over the keys they make Jane drive through buildings, almost hit other cars and eventually get pulled over by the cops. Now I realize that this is just a cartoon but many children and adults used to watch this cartoon pretty regularly. I am a little irritated at the Jetsons. When writing this episode did no one think to asses what the audience reaction would be? I can see men just laughing along and women too, but the underlying message was one that supports and incorrect stereo type. I just feel that even for the '80s when the Jetsons last aired that the message was incorrect and that if we continue to let little things like this go, more and more damaging messages about women will be passed onto children.