I've noticed this attitude in a whole lot of 20th-century women writers, to differing degrees. For this the notion of decolonizing the mind is so crucial. DON'T THINK OF YOURSELF IN THOSE TERMS.
I'm recalling a manga writer who did this; she wrote SF in which the characters whose sex could alter. She'd draw them looking like gender-normative cis women, but declare them men, and then it would be a huge tragedy when they had to become actual biological females, because that would mean suddenly they had to no longer care about adventures or honor or bravery or dedication; nope, from then on it had to be about nothing other than looking attractive, finding a mate, and rearing offspring. As if adventures, honor, bravery, and dedication could never ever coexist with a body that can make babies! It was very, very frustrating, but mainly I felt sad for her.
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I've noticed this attitude in a whole lot of 20th-century women writers, to differing degrees. For this the notion of decolonizing the mind is so crucial. DON'T THINK OF YOURSELF IN THOSE TERMS.
I'm recalling a manga writer who did this; she wrote SF in which the characters whose sex could alter. She'd draw them looking like gender-normative cis women, but declare them men, and then it would be a huge tragedy when they had to become actual biological females, because that would mean suddenly they had to no longer care about adventures or honor or bravery or dedication; nope, from then on it had to be about nothing other than looking attractive, finding a mate, and rearing offspring. As if adventures, honor, bravery, and dedication could never ever coexist with a body that can make babies! It was very, very frustrating, but mainly I felt sad for her.