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* MarySuetopia: The story is set in an [[LadyLand all female]] country where the women reproduced by parthenogenesis. The culture is run by a council of "Over Mothers", and motherhood -- the bearing and rearing of strong, intelligent, competent, happy children -- is the ultimate aim of every member of society ([[SuperbreedingProgram they're also cheerfully eugenicist]]). They are not a lesbian culture: in fact, they're completely uninterested in sex. One expresses to a male visitor from "Outside" a vague astonishment that in his (presumably North American) culture, married couples engage in sex even when they're not specifically trying to conceive a child: "Do you mean ... that with you, when people marry, they go right on doing this in season and out of season, with no thought of children at all?" Gilman may have rejected the idea that men were necessary but she wasn't able to see further than other authors of her time, who all assume the same thing -- [[ValuesDissonance that decent ladies don't care about sex]].
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* MarySuetopia: The story is set in an [[LadyLand all female]] country where the women reproduced by parthenogenesis. The culture is run by a council of "Over Mothers", and motherhood -- the bearing and rearing of strong, intelligent, competent, happy children -- is the ultimate aim of every member of society ([[SuperbreedingProgram they're also cheerfully eugenicist]]). They are not a lesbian culture: in fact, they're completely uninterested in sex. One expresses to a male visitor from "Outside" a vague astonishment that in his (presumably North American) culture, married couples engage in sex even when they're not specifically trying to conceive a child: "Do you mean ... that with you, when people marry, they go right on doing this in season and out of season, with no thought of children at all?" Gilman may have rejected the idea that men were necessary but she wasn't able to see further than other authors of her time, who all assume the same thing -- [[ValuesDissonance that decent ladies don't care about sex]].
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* MarySuetopia: The story is set in an [[LadyLand all female]] country where the women reproduced by parthenogenesis. The culture is run by a council of "Over Mothers", and motherhood -- the bearing and rearing of strong, intelligent, competent, happy children -- is the ultimate aim of every member of society ([[SuperbreedingProgram they're also cheerfully eugenicist]]). They are not a lesbian culture: in fact, they're completely uninterested in sex. One expresses to a male visitor from "Outside" a vague astonishment that in his (presumably North American) culture, married couples engage in sex even when they're not specifically trying to conceive a child: "Do you mean ... that with you, when people marry, they go right on doing this in season and out of season, with no thought of children at all?" Gilman may have rejected the idea that men were necessary but she wasn't able to see further than other authors of her time, who all assume the same thing -- [[ValuesDissonance that decent ladies don't care about sex]].sex]].
* ValuesDissonance: The all-female society is described positively as practicing eugenics by excluding any woman who has "defective" traits and they lack any sexual desire due to developing parthenogenesis. For them, the only possible purpose of sex to women is reproduction, so any other reason baffles them. This reflects views at the time, when eugenics was very popular and women didn't (or at least shouldn't) care about sex, only being mothers.
* ValuesDissonance: The all-female society is described positively as practicing eugenics by excluding any woman who has "defective" traits and they lack any sexual desire due to developing parthenogenesis. For them, the only possible purpose of sex to women is reproduction, so any other reason baffles them. This reflects views at the time, when eugenics was very popular and women didn't (or at least shouldn't) care about sex, only being mothers.
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* MarySuetopiaMarySuetopia: The story is set in an [[LadyLand all female]] country where the women reproduced by parthenogenesis. The culture is run by a council of "Over Mothers", and motherhood -- the bearing and rearing of strong, intelligent, competent, happy children -- is the ultimate aim of every member of society ([[SuperbreedingProgram they're also cheerfully eugenicist]]). They are not a lesbian culture: in fact, they're completely uninterested in sex. One expresses to a male visitor from "Outside" a vague astonishment that in his (presumably North American) culture, married couples engage in sex even when they're not specifically trying to conceive a child: "Do you mean ... that with you, when people marry, they go right on doing this in season and out of season, with no thought of children at all?" Gilman may have rejected the idea that men were necessary but she wasn't able to see further than other authors of her time, who all assume the same thing -- [[ValuesDissonance that decent ladies don't care about sex]].
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* UnfortunateImplications: Eugenics is presented as the reason why Herland is so peaceful; they prevent undesirable women from giving birth.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Eugenics is presented as the reason why Herland is so peaceful; they prevent undesirable women from giving birth.
* UnfortunateImplications: Eugenics is presented as the reason why Herland is so peaceful; they prevent undesirable women from giving birth.
