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Of all the books mentioned, I have only read "The Forever War" and have to say the presentation in this post is just based on lies. There are highly ranked fem
by dudul 11y ago
Of all the books mentioned, I have only read "The Forever War" and have to say the presentation in this post is just based on lies.
There are highly ranked female officers in the book, the main protagonist for a while serve under the orders of a woman. The promiscuity between soldiers is enforced for both sexes. I actually think this book is heavily equalist. Men and women are conscripted regardless of sexes (needless to say, it's not the case today in the real world).
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoIt's been 20 years since I read "The Forever War", but the author's description matches my memory. (And I have read most of the other books she describes, and didn't see anything that was incorrect).
- dudul 11y agoI got my hand on the "extended" version less than a couple years ago (one with some part of the story "on earth" that was removed in the first published version) and went through it pretty recently. I re-iterate that IMO the author is cherry-picking 2 tiny parts (literally 3 lines) to make their point while the book is filled with counter-examples. It is made abundantly clear during the story that men and women are treated exactly the same, the group of conscripts is equally divided 50/50, sometimes officers are men, sometimes they are women, everyone is forced to follow the schedule of "bed buddy", etc. I haven't read the other books so no opinion, and I am not contesting the point of the post, but it's a major turn-off for me to misuse an example like that - especially when it's such a great book.