An Insight
Jan. 27th, 2009 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyAnother sign that my science-fiction-writing brain has been destroyed by the internet:
While trying to figure out a culturally-constructed gender role dichotomy for my arhode aliens that was not just some kind of variation on the common human provider/nurturer one,* I realized that the roles I did come up with still fit a dichotomy known to humans.
That’s right, apparently my aliens’ gender roles can be defined in terms of pirate vs. ninja.
I leave you to guess which is male and which is female.
*This is actually rather hard, what with my 23 years of cultural conditioning. I can see why writers default to Crazy Backwards Land where cultural norms dictate men are nurturers and women are providers. At least then you still have your bearings.
While trying to figure out a culturally-constructed gender role dichotomy for my arhode aliens that was not just some kind of variation on the common human provider/nurturer one,* I realized that the roles I did come up with still fit a dichotomy known to humans.
That’s right, apparently my aliens’ gender roles can be defined in terms of pirate vs. ninja.
I leave you to guess which is male and which is female.
*This is actually rather hard, what with my 23 years of cultural conditioning. I can see why writers default to Crazy Backwards Land where cultural norms dictate men are nurturers and women are providers. At least then you still have your bearings.
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Re: Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot!
Date: 2009-01-28 07:33 am (UTC)Re: Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot!
Date: 2009-01-29 08:55 am (UTC)Of course, then you gotta make the culture surrounding their biological beginnings. It gets complicated fast.