"Crash" standpoint discussion

in reference to our group discussion on the sexist standpoint depicted in the scene we viewed from "Crash":
I think it important to highlight the two main aspects of sexism we uncovered, which were  1. the hysteria shown by Sandra Bullock's character and 2. her husband's response to her. 
The writers/producers capitalized on the the husband having the high powered job of a defense attorney and the wife being a rich, insecure, judgmental, and dependent spouse.  The role of the wife was made to be emotional, hysterical, and irrational, not to mention obscenely racist, while the role of the husband was made to be calm, rational, more experienced and more open-minded. He even unthinkingly redirects her to check on the sleeping children, as if that is what her role as wife and mother can be reduced to, as he, the man of the house, deals with the serious situation of a potential robbery. The overarching discussion was how standpoint (or a person's frame of reference, which we ALL have) influences one's perception of a situation.  Whether intentional or not, the writers/producers of this film set up a scene that for many Americans would seem typical or far from unusual, but from a more feminist or gender-equal standpoint, is blatantly sexist. 
     Additionally, I'd like to comment on Dr. Shutkin's and other classmates' interpretation of the painting hanging behind Sandra Bullock in this scene. I noticed it while watching the clip, and my automatic thought was, "Good for that lady, hanging up what would be stereotypically labeled as controversial art." I was actually surprised that Dr. Shutkin and others agreed that it further indicated the sexism in the scene, because I perceived it to be contradictory to Sandra's character's stereotypical feminine behaviour. My thought process is this: People, men especially, are often uncomfortable with artistic renderings of [natural and realistic] female nudity. I believe that it is relatively recent, if not uncommon, that such pictures are even uncensored in public media. For a woman to be so "daring" or "liberal" as to hang such a potentially provocative [large] piece of  art in her home, I found it to be a progressive step towards shameless acceptance of the female body as it is, NOT as men digitally create their ideal of it to be.