What comedies are not sexist?

Community is a great series for non sexism, racial diversity and the subverting of stereotypes. It takws a little while to warm up though.

Parks & Rec has a brilliant female lead and supporting characters.

Arrested Development is another good one.

I love parks and rec and just realised through reading this, one of the reasons is, it isn't sexist at all! Ironically the one sexist character (Tom?) is portrayed as a sleazy douchebag!

I get really saddened by the casual sexism in shows that are otherwise hilarious ( e.g Big Bang Theory), it spoils my enjoyment of them. But what do you do..?

I actually find How I met Your Mother funny, which makes me feel shit as it is so misogynist.

I remember a bit where Barney is talkin about what an asshole he is and how he actually once sold a woman!

YY to Parks & Recreation!

Not totally a comedy, but I love Gilmore Girls which full of wit.

You can buy series one on DVD. Well worth it.

Ive heard good things about Girls but i dont have Sky.

Agree about How I met your Mother. Terrible sexism mysogyny and slut shaming and fat shaming.
A scene this week showed Barney calling a woman too old to date if she was aged 30 but when he found out she was 29 he changed his mind. DH likes this and The Big Bang Theory. I do recall a big scene in a restaurant where Sheldon slut shames Penny about the no of partners she may have had. These attitudes seem to be everywhere

*starring

Girls, written and produced and staring Lena Dunham, is well worth a try.

www.youtube.com/user/goldengirlpalace/videos

I love Golden Girls too. Someone uploaded all seven series here http://www.youtube.com/user/goldengirlpalace/videos

HullMum I do swym. I'll be honest - I wasn't bothered by the scene when I saw it, it did take reading some blogs to make me see it was problematic. Because when you get right down to the bare bones of it, we are looking at a rape from the rapists viewpoint in that scene. If, and I know it wouldn't have been the case, but IF his wife was slim and beautiful that scene wouldn't have been written. It's 'funny' because she's overweight and unattractive. It's pretty unpleasant. I know Tina Fey is a feminist, but that joke - if they had to air it - would have worked without the visual.

My DD likes Up The Women.

Gavin & Stacey

singing I disagree, I saw that scene, and the joke (imo) is that he is really vile and pleased with himself that he managed to get in there while his wife was asleep. Liz looks horrified. He is always portrayed as a loser and a lech. I think it's a pretty accurate portrayal of what many people think is Ok in a relationship but is actually rape. Maybe a bit much for a comedy scene, but that's how I took it and I think Tine Fey is a big old feminist so wouldn't write a scene where rape was the joke. He is the joke iyswim..

I love Golden Girls.

Think the HBO series "girls" is meant to be feminist but haven't seen it as haven't got HBO.

Parks and rec definitely is..

Xena is kind of a comedy and I think feminist.

Warming to my theme, Dinnerladies smashes through the Bechdel Test

• 6 or 7 lead female characters, most of whom are well past the menopause, supported by 2 main male characters

Agree with:
30 Rock
Roseanne
Dinner ladies - I think it's genius and watch it in one sitting every now and then
Parks and Rec
Ab Fab

Adding:
Golden Girls
Nighty Night
Girls on Top

Parks and Recreation. One of the most feminist things on TV at the moment.

belindarose Some people have a problem with 30 Rock because of a few scenes (one shows a man having sex with his wife while she's asleep, we're supposed to find it funny because she's fat...) It's a shame because it's actually a good show for the most part, then it lets itself down.

Parks & Recreation?

Dinnerladies with Victoria Wood. Bit patchy but mostly female cast and at its best, excellent.

"Kids in the Hall", all male comedian troupe who take turns playing female roles, it's very funny and has lot's of social commentary.
"Latin Divas of Comedy" has a great selection of female stand up comics.
"Strangers with Candy" starring Amy Sedaris, this comedy series mocks the simplistic problem solving of after school specials, and the sexist, prejudiced culture present in our world, it is a very dark kind of comedy and is only funny if it is understood that the comedians are playing caricatures of really terrible people.
I second
"Absolutely Fabulous"
and
"Roseanne"
"Margaret Cho" is a great stand up comedian as well!

I like south park because firstly its hilarious and because it satirises sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, making the sexist etc the butt of the joke It's very clever writing and very underestimated.

30 Rock, I think.