Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-miles!chabot From: chabot@miles.DEC Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: mono sex societies Message-ID: <1133@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 18:32:08 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.1133 Posted: Mon Oct 28 18:32:08 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 06:09:51 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 19 > 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? > Any ideas on the fesability, society, role of men. > > ttfn > andy. > A.COBLEY%DUNDEE@UCL.CS This isn't too new an idea, and yes, there are stories about it. Check out The Female Man by Joanna Russ. Also, "Houston, Houston, ..." (erp, here I am again, typing without my library with toe's reach) by James Tiptree, Jr who we know is really Dr. A. Sheldon, although this one may not give you a good idea about what the society is like.