Shocking Things You Never Knew About The Golden Girls

The Show Could Be Controversial At Times

The show often brought up issues like abortion, sex, gay marriage, and other things that were pretty controversial to talk about. In shows on television today, that can seem like a common occurrence, but at the time the show was airing, things like that weren’t often discussed on television — and were oftentimes even frowned upon.

The ladies are probably discussing something risqué here

The show’s controversial nature may have helped draw some viewers.

On The Golden Girls, there were many topics that the show’s main characters discussed freely, even though they were considered a little taboo by other television series running at the same time. From discussions about sex (lots and lots of sex talk from Blanche, especially!) to homosexuality, gay marriage, and abortion, it seemed like nothing was entirely off limits for the Girls. Although many of us are used to the kind of subject matter depicted on The Golden Girls today, these topics were not as well received back when the show was airing in the 1980s to early 1990s.

Television was a little more wholesome back then