This prompted me to wonder: How do we know a character's gender? I'm not sure how I ended up thinking the protag was female. The author was female. The writing was thoughtful and verbose. There were several women in the story and the protag never noted their, ah, physical attributes. I'm not sure what I'm going to tell the author. Surely, her character shouldn't succumb to stereotypes...
Actually, one of my favorite authors, Connie Willis, has a gender-indeterminate novel Uncharted Territory. It was a bit challenging and unsettling to read. Apparently, humans like me prefer to know if someone is male or female. |
Do you agree? Disagree?
Yeah. I agree. I like to know the gender, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you, shelly. Thanks for stopping by!
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