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* Species or societies in which people pick or are assigned a permanent gender / sex during adolescence | * Species or societies in which people pick or are assigned a permanent gender / sex during adolescence | ||
** ''[[Commitment Hour]]'' by James Alan Gardner | |||
* Species or societies in which people are assigned a false gender | * Species or societies in which people are assigned a false gender | ||
** [[Melissa Scott]] | ** [[Melissa Scott]] | ||
** [[blands]] | ** [[blands]] | ||
* Species or societies in which people can change at will | * Species or societies in which people can change at will | ||
** [[John Varley]]'s Eight Worlds | |||
* Species or societies in which people go through periodic changes | * Species or societies in which people go through periodic changes | ||
** [[Genderbender]], ''[[X-Files]] episode | |||
* Species or societies in which people can alter their gender permanently | * Species or societies in which people can alter their gender permanently | ||
** [[Uryuoms]] in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' (webcomic) - many choose their gender although it's not necessarily required | |||
See | ==See also== | ||
* [[ | * [[Sex-changing societies or species]] | ||
* [[Sex-changing characters]] | |||
* Relatedly, works featuring individuals (minds, souls, character) who can "[[body hop]]" | |||
[[Category:Gender and sex themes]] | [[Category:Gender and sex themes]] | ||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | |||
Latest revision as of 03:40, 17 August 2011
Choosing gender or biological sex is a persistent and common theme in SF, and in particular in feminist SF. These might include simply gender roles, biological sex, both, or some other combination thereof.
Common tropes include:
- Species or societies in which people pick or are assigned a permanent gender / sex during adolescence
- Commitment Hour by James Alan Gardner
- Species or societies in which people are assigned a false gender
- Species or societies in which people can change at will
- John Varley's Eight Worlds
- Species or societies in which people go through periodic changes
- Genderbender, X-Files episode
- Species or societies in which people can alter their gender permanently
- Uryuoms in El Goonish Shive (webcomic) - many choose their gender although it's not necessarily required
See also
- Sex-changing societies or species
- Sex-changing characters
- Relatedly, works featuring individuals (minds, souls, character) who can "body hop"