Thinking about the high concept behind the fantasy sitcom of WandaVision The show is very much about the sexism of the past and about Wanda being an overworked housewife ("Every episode has a scene of her doing the dishes") But Vision... doesn't need any of it done
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It's interesting The show on the surface level seems to be Wanda punishing herself by putting herself in a sexist society that traps her in Betty Friedan domestic servitude etc But it's also clearly a fantasy of being needed, of having a job that matters
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Being a housewife being a job that involves nurturing and creating, as opposed to being a superhero whose powers involve combat and destruction The twins come along to give her someone who needs her more genuinely than Vision does
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This is especially notable because by the time we hit the 80s, real sitcoms were actively trying to subvert the whole sexist 50s paradigm All three of the shows the 80s episode references - Family Ties, Growing Pains, Full House - subverted the breadwinner dad/homemaker mom
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Family Ties had the mom also be employed but working from home (as an architect) Growing Pains, which came later, escalated by switching it so the dad worked from home (as a therapist) and was the primary homemaker during the day Full House, of course, didn't have a mom
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Vision must generate some kind of exhaust, right?
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The first episode is about him needing her to put on an impressive dinner for his boss, which is a pretty huge “housewife chore.” It seems clear that a single man in that environment wouldn’t even be eligible for a promotion.
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