Gender roles are conformed to television viewing, for example. In episode 2, Raymond said "I'm exercising and babysitting at the same time" when he lifted his twins into bed. arms like gym equipment in front of his friend, smiling. Why does a man have to be the one to do something stupid like that when there will never be a television universe, where a mother would do something like that, it just wasn't a thing" feminine” to do. Why was Debra the one who had to ask her husband to say, “I love you”? When in reality, either could have asked something like that without stereotyping the woman. In episode 1, Ray bragged, "Look, I cleaned the house" and Debra was very happy to see that it actually happened. Again, why did this have to be a surprise when it was something that men and women did in everyday life without being "surprised" by it or making such an accomplishment in cleaning the house? House. TV is too much of a stereotypical playground when it comes to gender roles and it has been for a long time.