female's they often attempt to be assertive but are unsuccessful due to their weak
personalities. Ross is a hard character to analyze, he appears the weakest at times,
due to his emotional behaviour and how he falls for any woman immediately.
Joey is a foolish character and anything but masculine, he thinks he is a ladies man
but most women find him hilarious due to his lack of intelligence and unjustified self
confidence. Chandler is argueably the most feminine, his sexuality is often
questionable, and he is weak in arguements also. The surprising thing is not that the
women are more masculine than the male characters but that the male characters
are far more feminine. For example Ross chased his girlfriend halfway around the
world when he could have just phoned her, this seems more like something a woman
would do. The males as a group behave like women, they spend alot of time together
and have chats about things which is more expected of a woman. They do not
display any signs of being ambitious or aggressive careerwise, they seem happy at
the level they are at, whereas they should be aiming higher. On the humour side of
things they would be expected to make jokes at the expense of others whereas they
are mostly the butt of the jokes, their lack of aggression prevents them from
retaliation which would obviously occur in the stereotypical man. On the whole they
show a lack of enthusiasm towards anything, which is contrary to the stereotypical
"go-getter" male of their age. This results in them being overpowered by the women
in the sitcom which reflects even less favouribly on their masculinity.
