Feminism, Performative, And Gay Outlooks - 918 Words

her name, Sam: a name that is usually considered masculine resulting in the couple Darrin and Sam, alternatively the Stephens family. Sam is the partner who is out for herself and her family. It appears she would be perfectly happy with shedding the mortal world and living completely. Television viewers may believe that introducing a witch as a main character and part of the family make-up of a 1960s sitcom is unusual. This introduction of a witch is just the beginning. However, time and space constraints led us to focus on the three areas of feminism, performative, and gay outlooks. Bewitched presents stereotypes that are present with women. Samantha does have access to get an education and stays at home. She cannot make a living outside the home because of her gender. This is referred to as sexism because the presumed sexual identity of Samantha is to be a loving housewife and not a witch. Darrin feels weird about Samantha’s witchcraft because as a man, he has a different role in society. It is supposed to be a dominating male role and he is supposed to be the model of a supporting husband. Darrin has special privileges since he is a male. Currently, society has changed this, and a number of women are going after a higher education the idea of the gl ass ceiling. Women were not being able to get an education is a form of discrimination. There are sexist patterns and gender-role conditioning in education. For example, university professors are predominately male. The