Mad Men Makes Me Think...

...and j'adore alliteration. No, seriously. Last night, finally catching up on Mad Men, and there is a scene where Don Draper, Creative Director of a Manhattan Ad Agency, walks in to his bedroom after what his wife thinks was a work emergency. She asks him if it's under control, "crisis averted?" Of course, he wasn't at work, he lied; but that's not the point.

What really grabbed at my wee little heart was Mrs Draper's look, her eyes watching her husband stride importantly into the room as she reads "Good Housekeeping." He is Important; he is Busy, he wins awards and Makes Decisions! Yes, raising children is noble, but she was never expected to do anything else.



And that's how he, and his colleagues, want it. But who is he attracted to? Well, he's carrying on with a single, attractive artist who lives in her own loft in the city. He attempts to seduce a single woman who runs a department store. Because they're allowed to be interesting. His wife, on the other hand, constrained by the daily dullness of keeping house, without any encouragement to do anything else, really has...nothing to say.

And it's not her fault. She doesn't have any choice.

Oh!. How I love this show.