All of the dramas on FX are really a just a play on a common theme: reprehensible men and the women who love them.  On The Shield, Vic had Danielle (until, in the end, he had no one); on Nip/Tuck Christian has Liz (and whatever other women he’s sleeping with at any given moment); on Rescue Me, Tommy has Sheila and/or Janet; and now on Sons of Anarchy, Clay has Gemma.  In the eyes of the male characters, a woman’s worth is based on how much abuse she can take and still remain loyal.  Abused women feature prominently in the September 15 episode of Sons of Anarchy; even as Gemma hides the aftermath of her brutal gang rape from her husband Clay and his fellow members of SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcyle Club Redwood Original), the biker gang muscles its way into the porn industry.  As one might guess, sex and violence are rampant in this episode, thus earning Sons of Anarchy (Tuesdays, 10:00 p.m. ET) the title of Worst Cable TV Show of the Week.

In the previous episode, white supremacists gang-raped Gemma as a message to Clay to stop SAMCRO’s illegal activities in the town of Charming.  Gemma, however, thwarts their plan by keeping the rape a secret.  Luckily, Gemma’s son Jax is dating a doctor, who surreptitiously treats Gemma’s injuries.

Meanwhile, the boys are busy strong-arming a porn producer who is trying to steal talent away from Luanne - the wife one of SAMCRO’s members, and an ex-porn-star-turned-producer.  The Feds have raided Luanne’s studios, so producer Georgie takes the opportunity to ruin her completely.  Luanne explains to Jax, “Georgie Caruso, s***bag's threatening my girls if they don't join his company…Georgie’s game is fear, god**** ‘roid crew runs his girls like pimps running p****.”

Jax and his crew enter Georgie Caruso's office.  A poster on the wall advertises a movie called, "C**dog Millionaire," depicting a man having rear entry sex with a woman while another woman stands nearby. 

“Oh, I love that movie,” Juice says.

Chibs adds, “I laughed, I cried, I came.”

Jax comments, “No s***? Must have been good. Won an Anal Oscar.”

Jax proceeds to warn Georgie not to poach Luanne’s actresses.  Shortly, afterwards however, one of Luanne’s porn stars is beaten up, her nose broken.  The woman was told to deliver a message: “Tell Luanne that if the little biker boys show up again, he’s gonna roll the cameras while he jams his d*** up all you’re asses.”

Jax responds with baseball bat-wielding bikers.  They descend upon Georgie’s studio where a porn scene is about to be shot.  SOA gang members pummel Georgie’s goons with their bats.  Jax knocks Georgie to the ground and taps his bat next to Georgie’s head.  He delivers this warning to the producer:  “You so much as send a friendly text to any of Luanne’s girls, your next movie…Canseco does Georgie.  You understand me?”

With Luanne’s studios shuttered, Jax convinces SAMCRO’s leadership to agree to a partnership with her as smut peddlers.  Luanne reluctantly agrees to the deal, knowing it’s her only option.  She muses, “Life was so much easier when I just sucking d***.”

In all of these shows, women are merely part of the landscape as sex partners, as business opportunities, as shoulders to cry on, as bearers of burden.  Rarely are they ever their own selves apart from the men they prop up.  So in the eyes of the male viewers watching these shows, what messages does FX reinforce time and time again? 

For once again objectifying women and showcasing violence against them, Sons of Anarchy has been named the Worst Cable TV Show of the Week.

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