I recently watched the first season of Mad Men on DVD. I got that it the sexism and misogyny in it were retro. I assumed the creators were painting a picture of how things once were, not how they long for things to be. In fact, I took a lot of it as an ironic nod to how much better things are now.

But the supreme irony was that the show itself really was misogynistic in several places.

Betty really was just … READ MORE