I'll use my magic if I want to!

I've been catching up on one of my favorite TV shows - Bewitched. It's so cute and innocent in that 60s kind of way. I just don't get Darren. Why won't he let Samantha use her magic? And why does she listen to him? She asks his permission to use her magic to save lives, and then he yells at her. If you knew your wife/husband had extraordinary powers, would you try to force them to be "normal?"

A lot of people in the 60s must've been obsessed with having a normal suburban family image. Then there's the whole "the man is master of the house" thing.

Shut up Darren.