Genuine equality does not mean 'all identical' it means all having the same opportunities to develop in their own ways. I don't see Tiptree as arguing the right or wrong of this society so much as using an exaggerated example to highlight both why the dominate side feel threatened by the alien, and why the alien feels oppressed. In this respect Tiptree's feminism has not just been about women but also about how men deal with women. To look at another story title: it isn't 'The Invisible Women' but 'The Women Men don't see' and thus men are an active part in what is under discussion as much as the women.
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Date: 2005-12-09 08:45 pm (UTC)I don't see Tiptree as arguing the right or wrong of this society so much as using an exaggerated example to highlight both why the dominate side feel threatened by the alien, and why the alien feels oppressed. In this respect Tiptree's feminism has not just been about women but also about how men deal with women. To look at another story title: it isn't 'The Invisible Women' but 'The Women Men don't see' and thus men are an active part in what is under discussion as much as the women.