Stepford wife

English Alternative forms en Stepford Wife Etymology From the 1972 novel The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (adapted into a 1975 The Stepford Wives (1975 film) film of the same name), in which a woman moves to the fictional town of Stepford, Connecticut and discovers its eerily docile housewives are android replacements. Noun Stepford wives en derogatory A woman who unquestioningly submits to and serves her male partner, and/or does not seem to have interests, wishes, or pursuits of her own. en 1995 Regina Barreca Perfect Husbands & Other Fairy Tales): Demystifying Marriage, Men, And Romance https://archive.org/details/perfecthusbandso0000barr/page/214/mode/2up?q=%22a+stepford+wife%22 214 Parroting back her husband’s words, by the end of the play, Kate sounds either like a brainwashed member of a bizarre religious cult or a Stepford wife, a woman whose personality has been wiped out and replaced by one more acceptable to her husband. en 2005 Mollie Molay An Engagement of Convenience https://archive.org/details/engagementofconv00mola/page/210/mode/2up?q=%22a+stepford+wife%22 210 "You can't just sit there and tell me you want Lili to become a 'Stepford wife' at your beck and call. en 2006 Na'ima B. Robert From My Sisters' Lips: A Unique Celebration of Muslim Womanhood https://archive.org/details/frommysisterslip0000robe/page/272/mode/2up?q=%22a+stepford+wife%22 272 So that prompted me to ask the question: isn’t the ideal Muslim wife in actual fact a Stepford Wife? en Derived terms en Deppford wife Stepford Stepfordian en terms derived from fiction terms derived from toponyms en Feminism Fictional characters Women