Last night before going to sleep I was watching “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” on USA. I’ve watched this show many times before so I know the main characters quite well now. Mainly there are two main characters – Detective Olivia Benson and Detective Elliot Stabler. Olivia is a dedicated law enforcer and you rarely see her have a social life. The only time that she mentions dating is when she mentions the guys that she bailed on because she has to stay longer at work and that she does that to all the men that she dates. Elliot on the other hand has a wife and several kids – 4 I believe. True he has some relationship problems but the main point is that he does have a family while Olivia is by herself and doesn’t have time for a relationship because of work. There are three other important characters – two other male detectives and a female prosecutor. One of the detectives has a child and the other one had three wives already. While they clearly have the time to have children and wives, the prosecutor does not and is never in a romantic relationship of any kind. This is yet another example of how women have to choose between career or love and men have all the time in the world to balance it all out.
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