Does Desperate Housewives offer new representations of women?I am going to focus on the representation of women in Desperate Housewives and see whether traditional stereotypes are used or whether Desperate Housewives offers new representations of women. Desperate Housewives started in 2004. It attracted 4.86 million viewers by the end of its first series and became the biggest U.S T.V drama in the U.K since E.R.The show is a contemporary take on a ‘happily ever after’ and takes a darkly comedic look at suburbia where the audience follow the lives of 5 women living on Wisteria Lane.As the T.V drama was created in the 21st century, the audience would expect the women of Wisteria Lane to conform to a more modern representation of women, for example: being independent; having a good job, and being
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