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Frank Herbert is a well-known SF writer. While some of his works played a little bit with gender, he also fell prey to some typically sexist failures of characterization. For instance, in ''Hellstrom's Hive'', a matriarchal subspecies of humans was rather loathsome and insect-like. | Frank Herbert is a well-known SF writer. While some of his works played a little bit with gender, he also fell prey to some typically sexist failures of characterization. For instance, in ''Hellstrom's Hive'', a matriarchal subspecies of humans was rather loathsome and insect-like. | ||
* [[Hellstrom's Hive]] (1973) - Portrayed an insect-like race of humans as matriarchal. | * ''[[Hellstrom's Hive]]'' (1973) - Portrayed an insect-like race of humans as matriarchal. | ||
* [[The White Plague]] (1982) - A male scientist unleashes a plague that kills only women, dooming the human race. | * ''[[The White Plague]]'' (1982) - A male scientist unleashes a plague that kills only women, dooming the human race. | ||
* [[Dune]] (1965) - | * ''[[Dune]]'' (1965) - ''Dune'' and sequels portrayed a relatively patriarchal government, with a powerful matriarchal cult (the [[Bene Gesserit]]) dedicated to breeding the Uber-boy. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:36, 20 December 2010
Frank Herbert is a well-known SF writer. While some of his works played a little bit with gender, he also fell prey to some typically sexist failures of characterization. For instance, in Hellstrom's Hive, a matriarchal subspecies of humans was rather loathsome and insect-like.
- Hellstrom's Hive (1973) - Portrayed an insect-like race of humans as matriarchal.
- The White Plague (1982) - A male scientist unleashes a plague that kills only women, dooming the human race.
- Dune (1965) - Dune and sequels portrayed a relatively patriarchal government, with a powerful matriarchal cult (the Bene Gesserit) dedicated to breeding the Uber-boy.