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* female or neuter class of workers or warriors. | * female or neuter class of workers or warriors. | ||
Often used to describe the fear of Communism or socialism and/or feminism. | |||
==List of examples== | |||
* hive-like matriarchies a la Frank Herbert's [[Hellstrom's Hive]] | * hive-like matriarchies a la Frank Herbert's [[Hellstrom's Hive]] | ||
* hive queen etc. in [[Ender's Game]] | * hive queen etc. in [[Ender's Game]] | ||
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*''[[Elfen Lied]]'' - The [[Diclonii]] can infect humans with a virus that leads to human offspring actually being female Diclonii drones. The Diclonius queen can reproduce sexually. | *''[[Elfen Lied]]'' - The [[Diclonii]] can infect humans with a virus that leads to human offspring actually being female Diclonii drones. The Diclonius queen can reproduce sexually. | ||
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeePeople beepeople] at tvtropes wiki | * [[Borg Queen]] in [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] - A bit different than the classical matriarchal hive species. However, the Borg were very much about fear of Communism/socialism / loss of individualism; they had a hive mind; they were ruled by a "queen"; their members were "drones". | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Sentient Planets]] | |||
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeePeople beepeople] at tvtropes wiki | |||
[[category:Social themes]] | [[category:Social themes]] | ||
[[Category:Sex and gender themes]] | |||
Revision as of 12:26, 13 May 2008
Some sort of insect-like model of sex/gender, often including two or more of the following elements:
- a matriarchy or female leadership;
- disempowered or non-existent males;
- clones or parthenogenetically produced class;
- female or neuter class of workers or warriors.
Often used to describe the fear of Communism or socialism and/or feminism.
List of examples
- hive-like matriarchies a la Frank Herbert's Hellstrom's Hive
- hive queen etc. in Ender's Game
- the planetary consciousness in Daughters of an Emerald Dusk
- Poul Anderson's Virgin Planet
- Elfen Lied - The Diclonii can infect humans with a virus that leads to human offspring actually being female Diclonii drones. The Diclonius queen can reproduce sexually.
- Borg Queen in Star Trek: The Next Generation - A bit different than the classical matriarchal hive species. However, the Borg were very much about fear of Communism/socialism / loss of individualism; they had a hive mind; they were ruled by a "queen"; their members were "drones".
See also
- Sentient Planets
- beepeople at tvtropes wiki