How does Desperate Housewives portray women..

In Desperate Housewives there are more women than men, and as you might have guessed, the leading role is held by a woman. The main characters on this show are Bree, Gabrielle, Katherine, Lynette, Mary Alice, Susan, Andrew, Mike, Carlos, Orson and Tom. Although most of the women and men in this show are not young, they still are made up to look beautiful and handsome. You would probably have a hard time finding someone in this show overweight or ugly. They are all dressed and styled to perfection.

The main focus of this show is on women, even though there are men, too. But it's called Desperate Housewives for a reason. The show is filled with mainly beauty and drama, with that said, the intended audience is for women. The women are skinny, beautiful and dressed how you would probably imagine...sophisticated and sexy. As perfect as they may look or seem, their lives are far from that. Secrets and drama explain a lot that happens in this show.

With that said, I would say no, Desperate Housewives does not accurately portray women. But as far as how media portrays women, then yes, it would be accurate. The looks of the women in this show is not how the average women in America look. And as far as their lifestyles, I don't think the normal, average women in this country have that much drama and confusion in their lives.