Robert A. Heinlein
Notable for writing female characters without sexual inhibitions.
Sexism in Heinlen
Arguments about this crop up alot. Some people seem to think that if you write about women who are smart you can't be sexist. Here are some counter points.
In general "sexual liberated women" = "sexually available to everyone"
There is this scene in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress where the men are training with guns for the revolution, and then the narrator starts to talk about what the women are doing to help, and for just a moment there I'm excited about what the women are doing and them getting a meaningful part. Then he tells us that the women get to help "keep up the morale" by bouncing their breasts in low-g. So the only way women can help the revolution is by being sex objects.
The treatment of the older sister in The Rolling Stones: She's never as good as the boys at anything, and is a bit of background character. The family seems quite concerned with her being married off, with no corasponing concern for whether or not the boys will get married.
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