Channel 10‘s Family Feud is under fire for a round of “ill-advised” sexist questioning more likely to be encountered in an episode of Mad Men than a family game show.
Relaunched in Australia in July after first appearing on television sets back in 1977, Family Feud pits families against each other in a head-to-head situations with contestants earning points for determining the most popular public responses to host Grant Denyer’s questions.
Backlash has followed Wednesday evening’s questioning which saw Denyer ask contestants to “name something people think is a woman’s job” according to a survey of 100 Australians, prompted by ‘plausible’ responses- “cleaning, nursing, hairdressing, domestic duties, dishes, receptionist and clothes washing.”
That followed an earlier question asking guests to “name something people think is a man’s job”, with responses including builder, plumber, mechanic, carpenter and being a tradesman.
Ten promptly apologised for Wednesday’s slip, claiming the questions were not a fair representation of modern Australian society.
“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 network said in a statement.
“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.”
‘Name a woman’s job’: Family Feud. CEO Barrister Doctor Engineer Architect Seriously @ChanelTen it’s 2014 not 1914 http://t.co/3nP5nvVOw2
— Kon Karapanagiotidis (@Kon__K) October 15, 2014
I’m watching Family Feud at the gym. They just contested: “Women’s jobs.” Team was nailing it with “washing”, “cooking” and “cleaning”.
— Paul Mackay (@plmcky) October 15, 2014
