Sheldon makes a few other statements which reflect classist views, including a reference to a lack of seating arrangement/chart at Raj’s house being akin to being “hippies at a love in,” as well as Raj’s playing of reggae music and Priya’s removal of her shoes as feeling like “the last days of Caligula.” Based upon Sheldon’s view of proper social etiquette prior to entering Raj’s apartment (i.e., not wanting to be a social pariah), Sheldon held etiquette above comfort and perhaps looked down with superiority upon those who do not.
As this episode centered around the relationship between Leonard and Sheldon and the power they perceived as having over their group of friends, both overtly displayed their perceived superiority to the other. For Sheldon, he …show more content…
Within this episode, there were four obvious sexist comments spoken, and each one was said by a different character. The first was by Howard, who asked Raj if it hurt to see his friend, Leonard, sucking the saliva out of his sister. While it was Leonard who approached Priya and started kissing, the sexist presumption I saw was that Leonard was the only one with the active behavior, and that Priya was a passive participant, which is inaccurate based upon what we, as the audience, saw. The second occurrence was a comment that Sheldon made to Penny and Amy, who after only a brief exchange of pleasantries with each other were interrupted by Sheldon stating, “Don’t worry. My problems can wait while you two hens finish your clucking.” The third occurrence was an inference made by Amy when she stated “Don’t be needy, Penny. It’s probably what chased Leonard away,” implying that Penny’s behavior was cause for the relationship ending. The fourth overt sexist comment was by Zach, who told a story about going into a hot tub naked and a hot chick showed up drunk and wanted to get in with him. When Zach finished his story, Stuart and Kripky cheered for him nailing the drunk