phil@rice.ARPA (10/22/85)
From: William LeFebvre <phil@rice.ARPA> From: carol at MIT-CIPG at mit-mc > Yes, Davis Tucker, Isaac Asimov does come off as being chauvinistic > toward women. He declares himself to be a former chauvinist, now > reformed, but what this amounts to, as far as I can tell, is: > > Women are so cute, and cuddly, and mysterious, and I just want to > kiss them all!....(and they're smart, too). I would hardly call Asimov's character Susan Calvin a "cute and cuddly" woman! So, at least if Asimov is a "former chauvinist" then it doesn't always carry over into his s.f. William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University <phil@Rice.arpa> or, for the daring: <phil@Rice.edu>
ramsay@kcl-cs.UUCP (ZNAC440) (10/23/85)
>From: William LeFebvre <phil@rice.ARPA> >I would hardly call Asimov's character Susan Calvin a "cute and cuddly" >woman! So, at least if Asimov is a "former chauvinist" then it doesn't >always carry over into his s.f. > > William LeFebvre > Department of Computer Science > Rice University This is a failing of many male sf-authors (probably including myself) that the only way they can produce a strong female character is to create one that behaves more like a man in a man's world. Admittedly, this does happen in business, but it still remains very difficult to create a *female* character. It takes a true genius like S. Delany. R.Ramsay <Here I go!>