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Really didn't realize

Aug 25, 2018 by ghrocky100
how ahead of its time The Golden Girls was. Just a few of the things they did that were seen as taboo in the late 80s/90s:
1. Talked about and supported homosexuality and gay marriage, several instances in the show, including the episodes where Blanche's brother comes out, where he wants to get married to his boyfriend, and the one where Rose's friend has a crush on her are several moments where it was a learning process for the LGBTQ+ community amongst the ladies. Sophia supported it from the start, but was able to teach Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche of the reasons why there's nothing wrong with being gay.
2. Aids. Especially in this time period people thought that aids was God punishing people for being sexual beings. TGG tackled this when Rose may have contracted it from a blood draw a while ago, with Blanche setting her straight on how "Aids is not a devil disease punishing people for being bad human beings".
3. Abortion. Blanche's daughter wants to get an abortion but this time all 4 of the girls do no accept it. Throughout the episode however they learn to respect her daughter's choice in the matter and while they don't fully accept it they understand that a woman has the right to choose. During this time period it was revolutionary
4. Blanche and Rose standing up to sexual predators. One two different occasions, once where Blanche was taking a class and the teacher sexually harassed her for a passing grade and then yet again when Rose's dentist tried to do it in the chair this happened. However at the end of both of the episodes both mean are dealt with at least on a personal level and showed the reality of how people who did this were not punished just because they were men of high esteem. We did get one of the best lines from Blanche's episode though "I, sir, am a lady. Maybe not the smartest lady in the world, but I do believe my self respect is more important than passing your damn course. So you, sir, can kiss my A,".
5. Deportation. Dorothy, who is a middle school teacher, has a prize student who happens to be Hispanic. He wins a prize for writing an absolutely brilliant poem. However, the authorities come, believing him to be in the country illegally. Dorothy stands up for the young man and even though at the end of the episode he is being sent back to Mexico, Dorothy swears to stand by his side and get him back no matter what the cost, which is something a majority of Americans can't even fathom today.
6. Mental illness. At this time doctors didn't believe in something they couldn't see. Dorothy has a mild case of a mental illness (been a bit, I forgot what) and goes to several doctors until one doctor finally diagnoses her. The way the other doctors treated her, however, was extremely rude and condescending. They claimed she was making stuff up, as a majority of doctors did during this time. At the end, Dorothy stands up to her doctors who belittled her and puts them in their place.

These are the main ones I'm impressed by as most of these were done on multiple occasions, not just one, and were extremely progressive for their time. Some other issues covered were feminism, drug addiction, and assisted suicide of the elderly. This is what I love about television, especially from this show. It was leagues ahead of it's time, still is one certain occasions. If you have not seen the series I HIGHLY recommend you to watch it because it is astoundingly hilarious. I think watching this show as a kid helped me make several of the decisions I did on my political views, mainly immigration and abortion as I remember those episodes distinctly.

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LMAO I love u
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Boom!
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