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Implications about Gender in an Episode of Reba.
In this particular episode, Brock and Barbara Jean must go to couples counseling to work out their marital problems. They invite Reba (Brock's ex-wife) along because Barbara Jean feels she is one of the main issues in their relationship. I believe Reba is a true symbol of female power and independence. Not only has she been raising three chilren as a single parent, she is doing so while living next door to her ex-husband and his new wife. While Reba rants and raves about Brock and Barbara Jean in the psychiatrist's office, she begins to work out problems of her own. Reba conveys the ability for women to have both a career and a family. Television programs like Reba show young girls and women that females do not need to be dependent on men in life such as was the common belief of previous generations. In fact, women can be successful on their own and still have a life on the side! They can go out and work to support themselves and their families if need be and have the strength and ability to do anything else they can dream or imagine, and Reba is a perfect example of a successful woman and great mother figure.