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Misogyny Was A Huge Issue Throughout Filming

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The show’s creator, Marta Kaufmann, admitted that she battled a lot of misogyny on the set and with NBC executives.

In one example, executives wanted to change the pilot plot when Monica forgets the name of a guy she sleeps with. They were worried that this “promiscuity” would make the audience not like her, but thankfully a survey of the audience said otherwise.