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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
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Subject: Re: mono sex societies
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Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 18:12:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 31 18:12:12 1985
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>      What would a society be like if all repoduction (or most ) was
> done this way since the society would consist entirley of females.What
> would be the role of males (if any existed),would they be kept as pets?
> revired?, or treated as equals (they would certainly have 'abnormal'
> sexual disires as far as the rest of society was concerned, unless you
> use two male genes and find a kindly womb donor.)
>      Any one know of any stories based on this?

I can think of one such story in which the society was  all  male  with  no
females at all.  The story is "The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal"
by Cordwainer Smith (aka Dr.  Paul Linebarger) and appears in at least  two
collections of his work.

Reversing the theme is Ursula Leguin's _The Left Hand of Darkness_, about a
society where everyone is a fully functional hermaphrodite.  Also with that
theme is _Venus Plus X_ by Theodore Sturgeon(?).

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