Posts Categorized "Gendered Power Structures in Marvel’s Agent Carter"

by Abby Kramer

Agent Carter, Season 2 Episode 10 — Hollywood Ending

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? No.   Power Structures enforcing masculinity and femininity Masculinity Howard when he’s helping Peggy hold the rope back, “Peg I need you…

Agent Carter, Season 2 Episode 9 — A Little Song and Dance

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? No.   Power Structures enforcing masculinity and femininity Masculinity 2 men fighting over Peggy, a classic love triangle. Manfredi shoots the man…

Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 7 “Monsters”

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power structures enforcing masculinity and femininity: Masculinity Vernon thinks that he will be able to break Dottie, however, Whitney is…

Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 6 — The Life of the Party

Did it pass the Bechdel Test? No   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity The council will never meet with an outsider, let alone a woman And…

Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 5 — The Atomic Job

  Did it pass the Bechdel Test? No   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity Male aggression — Calvin throwing the glass and freaking out at Whitney…

Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 4 — Smoke and Mirrors

Did it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity Peggy was called to be a spy and her fiancee at the time…

Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 3 — Better Angels

Did it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity The Arena Club is for men only, when Howard brought in the women…

Agent Carter: Season 2 Episode 2 — A View in the Dark

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity The men’s club runs everything in LA. They cut Chadwick’s Isodyne program so…

Agent Carter: Season 2 Episode 1 — The Lady in the Lake

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity Jack getting the credit for catching Dotty because he is the chief when…

Agent Carter — Season 1 Episode 8: Valediction

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity Stark bragging about not being the one to steal his items and telling…

Agent Carter — Season 1 Episode 7: Snafu

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? Technically yes, however, it is such a short conversation that it is hard to say that it actually does.   Power Structures…

Examining Power Structures and Daniel Sousa’s Characteristics in Season 1 Episode 6 of Agent Carter

Does it Pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power Structures Enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity The dentist tried to make a move on Dottie when she was “interviewing”…

Examining Power Structures and Jack Thompson’s Characteristics in Season 1 Episode 5 of Agent Carter

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power Structures Enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity Taking Carter on a mission would be like “babysitting” and they couldn’t be…

Examining Power Structures and Howard Stark’s Characteristics in Season 1 Episode 4 of Agent Carter

Does it pass the Bechdel test? Yes   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity: Masculinity Howard immediately goes to another woman’s room to have a good time with…

Examining Power Structures and Ray Krzeminski Characteristics in Season 1 Episode 3 of Agent Carter

Does it pass the Bechdel test? Yes   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity Men are actively allowed to be with more than one woman with only…

Examining Power Structures and Edwin Jarvis’s Characteristics in Season 1 Episode 2 of Agent Carter

Did it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes   Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity “A lady shouldn’t be seeing this” … when they were torturing a man…

Examining Power Structures and Peggy Carter’s Characteristics in Season 1 Episode 1 of Agent Carter

  Does it pass the Bechdel Test? Yes.    Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity Masculinity Men are in charge at the SSR, Peggy is the only woman…

Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter Gendered Power Dynamics

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? No. There is only one female character, Agent Peggy Carter.    Power Structures observed at the SSR:    Agent Carter is the…

Power Structures in Captain America: The First Avenger

Does it pass the Bechdel Test? No. Does not pass the first or second criteria. There are multiple women characters, however, only one has a name, and she…