All fiction is anchored in "its" time to some significant degree. SF & Fantasy give the author more freedom to place a story, but as you note the author is inc

All fiction is anchored in "its" time to some significant degree. SF & Fantasy give the author more freedom to place a story, but as you note the author is incapable of entirely divorcing themselves from their context. Intentionally or otherwise, most fiction has allegorical elements reflecting current stories or ideas. Often this is intentional I think, with (some) authors in these genres engaging in ongoing social/political/whathaveyou issues in a way that sidesteps constraints and perspectives you would have in a "present day" setting.