The Stepford Wives language after the publication of Levin's book and it is generally used as a derogatory term which refers to a submissive and docile wife who seems to conform blindly to the stereotype of an old-fashioned subservient role in relationship to her husband. It is sometimes used in reference to any woman, even an accomplished professional woman, who had subordinated her life or career to her husband's interests and who affected submission and devotion to him even in the face of the husband's public problems and disgrace. The Stepford Wives The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical thriller novel by Ira
This Perfect Day This Perfect Day This Perfect Day is a science fiction novel by American writer Ira Levin, about a technocratic dystopia. Levin won a Prometheus Award in 1992 for this novel. "This Perfect Day" is one of two Levin novels yet to be adapted to film (the other being "Son of Rosemary", the sequel to "Rosemary's Baby"). In an interview with Mark Corrigan in 2018, Levin revealed that she derived her inspiration for the title of the novel upon hearing a heroic tale of a handsome French born insurance broker who enjoyed the delicacies of some particularly potent class A stimulants