“I have to think that even to a 5 year old child, the message in this episode of Spongebob Squarepants was insultingly clear: Mothers do everything. Fathers are worthless. Mothers are generous, nurturing superheroes. Fathers are inconsiderate, lazy clods. Mothers take care of the baby and do all household chores. Fathers blatantly ignore Mommy’s sacrifices and don’t do a damn thing all day long. Hell, even when they’re ‘at work,’ they’re really not doing much more than eating donuts and watching even more television… as Spongebob coyly revealed after following Patrick one day. Of course, Patrick did attempt to defend himself by saying, ‘It’s not as easy as it looks! Sometimes I have to change the channel!'”
