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A number of works have included a gender based [[separatism]] in which women live in the cities, and men live in the wild. | A number of works have included a gender based [[separatism]] in which women live in the cities, and men live in the wild. | ||
* ''[[A Woman of the Iron People]]'', [[Eleanor Arnason]] | * ''[[A Woman of the Iron People]]'', [[Eleanor Arnason]] (at adolescence, males go walkabout) | ||
* ''[[ | * ''[[The Shore of Women]]'', [[Pamela Sargent]] (male savages meet women only through fake "shrines") | ||
* [[Xenogenesis trilogy]], [[Octavia Butler]] (not first book) | * [[Xenogenesis trilogy]], [[Octavia Butler]] (not first book; genetically engineered descendants of humanity -- males go walkabout at adolescence) | ||
* ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]'', [[Sheri Tepper]] (men lived in an armed camp, not the wild, per se) | * ''[[The Gate to Women's Country]]'', [[Sheri Tepper]] (men lived in an armed camp, not the wild, per se) | ||
* "[[Solitude]]" by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]: women live in villages, men live in the wild | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:08, 7 June 2010
A number of works have included a gender based separatism in which women live in the cities, and men live in the wild.
- A Woman of the Iron People, Eleanor Arnason (at adolescence, males go walkabout)
- The Shore of Women, Pamela Sargent (male savages meet women only through fake "shrines")
- Xenogenesis trilogy, Octavia Butler (not first book; genetically engineered descendants of humanity -- males go walkabout at adolescence)
- The Gate to Women's Country, Sheri Tepper (men lived in an armed camp, not the wild, per se)
- "Solitude" by Ursula K. Le Guin: women live in villages, men live in the wild