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Gendercide should be distinguished from (a) real-life situations in which one sex or another is disproportionately favored (i.e., sex-selective [[infanticide]] or [[abortion]]); the intent must be to ''eliminate'' a gender; and (b) accidental plagues that happen to be sex-selective. | Gendercide should be distinguished from (a) real-life situations in which one sex or another is disproportionately favored (i.e., sex-selective [[infanticide]] or [[abortion]]); the intent must be to ''eliminate'' a gender; and (b) accidental plagues that happen to be sex-selective. | ||
==List of works featuring gendercide== | |||
* "[[The Last Flight of Dr. Ain]]" by [[James Tiptree, Jr.]] | |||
* ''[[The White Plague]]'' (1982) by [[Frank Herbert]] | |||
* ''[[Y, The Last Man]]'' | |||
[[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | [[category:Themes and tropes by name]] | ||
Revision as of 12:12, 20 December 2010
Gendercide is the deliberate destruction of all the members of one sex/gender of a species.
It has been portrayed in SF a number of times; also, many post-gendercidal societies have been shown; see men-only worlds and women-only worlds. Sex wars might be intended to effect gendercide.
Gendercide should be distinguished from (a) real-life situations in which one sex or another is disproportionately favored (i.e., sex-selective infanticide or abortion); the intent must be to eliminate a gender; and (b) accidental plagues that happen to be sex-selective.