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

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Power Structures enforcing Masculinity and Femininity:

• Masculinity
  • Howard immediately goes to another woman’s room to have a good time with
  • The men are the only ones that have to do real work in the office, Peggy is always in charge of the lunch orders
• Femininity
  • Peggy almost getting caught with Howard in the laundry shoot, the lady says she has caught many women sneaking men in through there, “attempting to soil the honor of a young lady”
  • Women don’t know how to control their own impulses

 

Howard Stark’s Characteristics on the Bem Sex Inventory

• Masculine
  • Ambitious, Analytical, Strong personality, self-reliant/sufficient, 
• Feminine
  • Childlike, flatterable, loyal, warm

Shared by: Abby Kramer
Image Credit: Agent Carter, Season 1 Episode 4, about 21 minutes in

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