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> Well his personal issues with women definitely are apparent in his work. His female characters are often shrieking ninnies. Het also used the word "gay" as s
by dep_b 7y ago
> Well his personal issues with women definitely are apparent in his work. His female characters are often shrieking ninnies.
Het also used the word "gay" as simply meaning happy in the Foundation series. Because it's written in the 50's. Remember all of those face slaps to calm down hysterical women you saw up til the 80's in movies? When I see it now I think "waaaaaaaaat" but it was a normal stereotype back then.
- tommypalm 7y agoIIRC he also used "queer" to describe things as strange. I listened to some audiobooks of his works and it always threw me off.
- ComputerGuru 7y agoQueer has always first and foremost meant “strange” or “odd” - “How queer!” was a common refrain in all the literature I’ve read dating back more than a couple of decades.