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Apr 13, 2023
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I love Octavia's stories.
The only problem I have - I have now read two books, Wild Seed, and Kindred - is the... expectation of women to submit. That women's job is to pacify, to appease men to get the smallest amount of consideration and respect. :-( This has been very strong in both books, and I hate it.
I mean, both Rufus and Doro are manchildren with too much power and too little compassion, and both Dana and Anyanwu are strong, intelligent, powerful women, who get forced into submission an ...more
The only problem I have - I have now read two books, Wild Seed, and Kindred - is the... expectation of women to submit. That women's job is to pacify, to appease men to get the smallest amount of consideration and respect. :-( This has been very strong in both books, and I hate it.
I mean, both Rufus and Doro are manchildren with too much power and too little compassion, and both Dana and Anyanwu are strong, intelligent, powerful women, who get forced into submission an ...more
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