# Do women like Mad Men? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781 "2010-06-19T17:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/1 "2010-06-19T17:00:30Z")
Virtually the only thing I’ve ever heard about this show is how hot guys find one of the actresses. Is this a “guy show” like Burn Notice and Sons of Anarchy with a mostly male audience, or are there a lot of women (here) who enjoy it too? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/2 "2010-06-19T17:08:15Z")
Seriously? You’ve never heard women discuss Jon Hamm? I kind of envy you. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/3 "2010-06-19T17:09:45Z")
My wife likes it a lot. The only scene that she took issue with was when Roger tells Joan that she is “the finest piece of ass I’ve ever had. I really mean it.” Got her feminist hackles up, it did. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/4 "2010-06-19T17:10:30Z")
**pepperlandgirl** loves _Mad men_ so much it makes me fear for her eternal soul. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/5 "2010-06-19T17:14:18Z")
I’m a woman and I love it. It’s not a guy or a girl show. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/6 "2010-06-19T17:24:31Z")
Why don’t just you go through the weekly theads on the show and see for yourself how much women like it? ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/7 "2010-06-19T17:29:34Z")
Definitely not a guy show. It’s quite feminist actually. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/8 "2010-06-19T17:32:17Z")
Both the wife and I watch it and love it. It’s very plot oriented so I’d almost guess it’d appeal slightly more to women just because it lacks many male-enticing explosions, fisticuffs and gun fights. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/9 "2010-06-19T17:32:52Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Why don’t just you go through the weekly theads on the show and see for yourself how much women like it? What, and kill the hamsters? In all seriousness, I wouldn’t want to accidentally read spoilers since my curiousity stems from wondering if I’d like the show myself if I caught up. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/10 "2010-06-19T17:35:55Z")
> [@alexandra](#): > > Definitely not a guy show. It’s quite feminist actually. I’m a dude. I love Mad men so much it makes me fear for my eternal soul. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/11 "2010-06-19T17:37:16Z")
In some ways, _Mad Men_ is a sociological study of changing attitudes about the sexes, the races, child rearing & sexual orientation–beginning just as the 60’s began. In other ways, it’s an intelligent soap opera with lashings of highly inappropriate humor. The art direction–costumes, set design & music–is worth detailed study to appreciate how it evokes the period. John Hamm is a major hottie; he plays Don Draper, a fascinating character but possibly not good relationship material. John Slattery, the silver fox, plays a definite scamp with a seductive sense of humor. January Jones plays a perfect ice princess whom some of us dislike intensely. And everybody is in love with Christine Hendricks. Season 4 begins July 25th. A very wide variety of us will be tuning in. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/12 "2010-06-19T17:52:45Z")
I don’t even know any _men_ who like the show. Critics really love it, and of course it has it’s fans. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/13 "2010-06-19T17:54:04Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > And everybody is in love with Christine Hendricks. Well, not everybody. I prefer Elisabeth Moss, though Hendricks’s charms are not lost on me. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/14 "2010-06-19T17:55:04Z")
I only know one person who watches it, and she’s a woman. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/15 "2010-06-19T17:59:14Z")
Speaking of which, anyone know when the new season begins? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/16 "2010-06-19T18:01:52Z")
Up a couple posts: > [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Season 4 begins July 25th. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/17 "2010-06-19T18:52:39Z")
And they’re running seasons 1-3 on on-demand now. Season two starts on (I think) 6/21. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/18 "2010-06-19T18:56:49Z")
I’m a woman and I don’t like it but I don’t think it’s because I’m a woman. I just thought it was boring. I mean, I liked the (mostly) guy-centric Sopranos so I don’t think it’s really a gender thing with me. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/19 "2010-06-19T19:13:29Z")
I am a gal who loves me some Mad Men. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781/20 "2010-06-19T20:07:41Z")
I only got into it after my sister told me it was her favorite TV show. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-like-mad-men/543781.md?page=2)