In this thesis, Stereotypes and partner relationships in comedies by Partljič after year 2000, I have analysed and compared partner relationships and related problems with commonly accepted social stereotypes. The material for the comparison comes from four comedies by Partljič: Denis in Ditka, En dan resnice, Partnerska poroka in Slikar na vasi. I have concluded that partnership stereotypes or stereotypes connected to partnerships are present in said comedies but not to the extent that I had expected. I took reversed gender roles and work roles from Denis in Ditka and Partnerska poroka for the comparison. I have concluded that the stereotype occurs in a reversed sense. It is still a case of classical role and work division except that the man and the woman have switched roles. The next comparison was the inability to conceive or the inability to be a mother in Slikar na vasi. The stereotype that women crave having children and are rejected by society if they fail to do that is true. I then compared the abortion from Slikar na vasi. Again, we have the reverse stereotype, since the husband did not force his wife to have an abortion; he even encouraged her not to go through with it. The next comparison is disloyalty in marriage, which occurs in three out of four discussed comedies. I have concluded that the stereotype that only men cheat (because they are essentially polygamous while women are monogamous) does not coincide with the examples from the comedies. The ratio between unfaithful men and women is 4:3, which means that women are disloyal as well. In the end, I compared new, same-sex, and partnership relationships. These appear in comedies Slikar na vasi and En dan resnice. The stereotype about social unacceptance of same-sex partners is only partially present, while the stereotype about marriage, which ought to be more stable that a partnership, is present, but not quite.
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