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 talked her out of it because it’s a man’s job
    • Femininity
      • When Peggy was little she was told to start acting like a lady
      • Whitney was told to smile for her “Uncle” Bud because he is the one paying for them to live there in exchange for sex with her mother
      • Whitney is told by her mother that if she wants to get anywhere in life she has to focus on her beauty and not her brains
  • Whitney Frost’s Characteristics on the Bem Sex Inventory
    • Masculine
      • Ambitious, analytical, make decisions easily
    • Feminine
      • Compassionate, gentle, flatterable

Shared by: Abby Kramer
Image Credit: Agent Carter, Season 2 Episode 4