Gunsmoke: The Wiving (1974)
Season 20, Episode 6
1/10
Jaw-Droppingly Offensive
30 October 2021
This episode certainly does not jive with modern sensibilities. Kidnapping, physical assault, bullying and forcing domestic labor on females are hardly lighthearted fare. How sad that even as recently as 1974, they were considered a source of comedy.

This is an insulting, insensitive take on the plight of women, and it does no justice to the brutal entitled behavior of the men either.

Now, in 2021, when we still have the enslavement of women all over the world, including women essentially prisoners off fundamentalists, it is sad that this episode, indicating that women welcome this kind bondage, is still on the on American television.

Shame on all who created it and those who still make it available.
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