The Cadman character is written as a projection of male gynophobia. She nags constantly, has no boundaries, no respect for McKay or his privacy, emasculates him at every opportunity, directly assumes control of his body against his will, and seems far more concerned with meddling in his life (especially his love life) than anything else. Even before sharing his body, the show makes sure to establish that she gossips about men with the other women, as though women don't have better things to talk about.
An actual woman thrust into such a situation would not be such a one-dimensional caricature. She would be genuinely horrified by her situation and be quite a bit less given to the shrill nagging and relationship meddling that many men seem to think women are all about.
The saving grace for the episode (and why I give it a 5) is that it does occasionally manage to be funny, and while Hewlett overdoes it a bit when playing Cadman, it does at least look like they had a good time with it. If the episode were considerably funnier, I'd give it a higher score, but the gender conflict is tired and predictable.
An actual woman thrust into such a situation would not be such a one-dimensional caricature. She would be genuinely horrified by her situation and be quite a bit less given to the shrill nagging and relationship meddling that many men seem to think women are all about.
The saving grace for the episode (and why I give it a 5) is that it does occasionally manage to be funny, and while Hewlett overdoes it a bit when playing Cadman, it does at least look like they had a good time with it. If the episode were considerably funnier, I'd give it a higher score, but the gender conflict is tired and predictable.