Gradual decline

The gradual decline is a staple of SF. Post-gradual decline works might follow the pattern of any post-apocalyptic work. The decline-and-fall setting itself is also a popular one. Gradual decline stories offer opportunities to explore:

• who's at fault (e.g., the patriarchy)
• how to stop it (revolution, feminism)
• political repercussions (revolution on the one hand, repression on the other)
• dangers and/or pleasures of the fall of civilization

Feminist SF works include:

• Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
• False Dawn by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro