By packaging the lives of these women in laughs, the show presents the women's lives as fantasies - somewhat unreal. When television shows play up the gender role reversal, the reversal becomes something to laugh at, and we might even think it's true. They may reinforce ignorance and neglect of real structures in society. She encourages viewers to critically examine the world presented on television. This fits well with the old idea that women belong in the kitchen - an idea that is not dead yet in many places.
Women still become nurses rather than doctors and grade-school teachers rather than professors.
Neither is true and that creates a gap between the media's depicted world and the real world. It matters how women are portrayed in popular culture, and presentations that take a non-traditional approach have the potential of making people rethink some of their beliefs. Viewers must understand that Ally is representative of one type of woman, not only think, 'I want to be like her'. How critical viewers are towards particular media presentations depends on factors such as level of education, age, gender, race, and class. In addition, viewing context matters.