Family Feud answers under fire

It’s supposed to be good old-fashioned fun by Family Feud has come under fire for Wednesday’s episode in which host Grant Denyer asked contestants to “name a woman’s job.”

Social media has branded the answers “misogynistic,” according to Fairfax media.

The 100 answers stacked up as:

Cooking 28
Cleaning 17
Nursing 13
Hairdressing 7
Domestic Duties 5
Dishes 4
Receptionist 4
Washing Clothes 3

It was a young female contestant who gave the first answer, “Cooking.” She later suggested “Ironing.”

One young male added, “Vacuuming.”

Asked to name a man’s job, the top responses were as follows:

It’s a disappointing outcome given the show’s Executive Producer Pam Barnes is female and TEN is the only Free to Air Network with a female Chief Programming Officer, Beverley McGarvey.

While the show can’t be blamed for skewing the responses the question is probably whether it was a good idea to include it in the first place.

The US version of Feud, and to some extent the Australian one, have made much of the awkward question / responses from contestants under the game show gun. But in this segment there didn’t appear to be much funny business going on.

Thoughts…?

UPDATE: Network Ten has since apologised:

“Network Ten apologises for including two questions relating to what people think is a man’s job and a woman’s job in the episode of Family Feud which aired last night,” the statement read.

“The questions were ill advised and should not have been included in the show.

“The survey results are determined by 100 people and we understand they are not reflective of all Australians.”