Examples of Masculine Personality Traits Exhibited by Macy Vaughn:

  • Independence: Macy asks her friend, Galvin, who works at the Hilltowne University lab if he’s sure “she’s not leaning on him too much” since taking a position at the same university lab and moving to town. Another example of Macy’s independence comes later in another conversation with Galvin where she states, “I’m fine on my own. I like being on my own.”
  • Forceful/Assertive: When Galvin pushes Macy to continue to reconnect with her newfound half-sisters, Mel and Maggie, and to learn more about her recently deceased biological mother, Macy firmly shuts him down, yelling “Enough, okay?!” This emotional reaction causes her telekinetic powers to awaken and mentally throw a beer bottle towards him.
  • Defends own beliefs: Macy claims that “there must be a scientific explanation” to her newfound powers and witchcraft when it is revealed to her and her sisters by their witch advisor/Whitelighter, Harry Greenwood.
  • Has leadership abilities: Macy has a Phd in Genetics, making her a doctor and adept scientist. Harry reveals that she submitted a grant application to conduct scientific research at Hilltowne, which is how she got the new lab position in the first place. She also figures out how to use sodium bicarbonate to identify demons in this episode.
  • Strong personality: Macy is used to being alone and doing things by herself. She claims to Mel and Maggie that she has only cried twice in her life.
  • Willing to take a stand: Macy fully accepts her fate as a witch and a Charmed One in the pilot to figure out how to stop the apocalypse.

Examples of Feminine Personality Traits Exhibited by Macy Vaughn:

  • Sympathetic/sensitive to the needs of others: Macy accepts her fate as a witch and a Charmed One to save the world and the lives of countless mortals, as well to get to know her sisters better.

Conclusion: Macy mostly exhibits masculine traits in this episode, most likely due to her upbringing as an only child being raised by her single father. Macy is also a scientist in a male-dominated field, causing her traits and identity to also be shaped by those experiences.

Shared by: Sarah Schepp
Image Credit: https://telltaletv.com/cmd101d_bts_0071r/