thoughts about a fictional t.v. character: why don't i like megan?

We are eight episodes into season five of Mad Men and I am still on the fence about Megan. I don't want to not like her because if I hate her, I am fostering the negative stereotype of women like myself, particularly, that we hate other women who are prettier than us because they get everything handed to them. Megan's character is good, genuine, kind, sexy and to top it off smart and she is actually good at her job. She is perfect -- too perfect and it’s annoying. It's like when super models are also Harvard graduates with great taste in music and movies. I mean, come on-- God, evolution, universe or whoever/however you think people came to exist--haven't they been given enough?

My indifferent feelings toward a fictional television character have loomed over my head since Mad Men aired.* Why do I not like Megan? I ask myself. She’s such a sweet person and she’s smart. I tell myself. Is it because I am that negative stereotype? Am I jealous of women like her? Maybe. Is it so wrong of me to find it annoying that Megan (in the most recent episode, #8) can now quit her job (which she didn’t earn, but turned out to be pretty good at) to pursue her dream of becoming an actress because she’s got married to a very rich man, who seems to actually really love her? Well, I will let you be the judge of that. If you are a man, you’re likely to say yes, I am wrong and my response is, of course you would think that you want to have sex with Megan.

By the way, my absolute favorite female character on Mad Men is Joan. I have a bit of a girl crush on her. She is gorgeous, she borders on overtly sexy and unapologetically a bit of an office slut and I love that about her. She is also so much smarter than she seems.

*Really, I have been thinking about this, which has got me thinking that maybe I’m too vested in a fictional t.v. show and clearly need to get a life.