misogynism disguised as feminism

I'm enjoying THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE on ITV but is it really necessary, in this post-feminist age, for the writer to portray ALL the men in it as either thick, patronising, sexist, misogynistic, violent or psychopathic or, worse, a mixture of some or all of these characteristics?

It's as though being a man he can only conceive of making his female characters heroic by dumbing down the entire society around them. Maybe he comes from the world of TV commercials and sit-coms where all the men are inept, dysfunctional and flacid?

In this day and age it comes across as cartoon writing. Making ALL the men morons diminishes the women's achievements. Can you imagine the outcry if it was the other way round, with stupid women and brilliant men?

The Noirdic writers do it so much better. BORGEN had supportive men and good marriages and the brilliance was showing that falling apart as the character flaws in both men and women became apparent. THAT's grown-up writing.

However it is, it's bloody lazy stereotyping and patronising to both sexes on every level.

On the other hand, it's a rattling good story so I'll stick with it. The pity is that with a bit more work and deeper characterization this could have been a classic. Right now it's just a Classics Illustrated.