Venus Is A Man`s World (Maureen Dowd Need Not Apply)
For some reason, this Maureen Dowd business (see Boo Hoo below) has been nagging (sic) at me; it seemed vaguely familiar. I puzzled over this (til my puzzler got sore) and then it came to me; Venus is a Man`s World!
Venus is a Man`s World was a science fiction story written by William Tenn in 1951 and read by your humble scribe as a boy. It chronicles the tale of an Earth dominated and populated by career-type women who lord it over their poodle-like men. Due to a shortage in decent men many women travel to Venus (at the time nobody knew of it`s hell-like qualities, although the story make even more sense in that light) and the other interplanetary colonies in search of real men. Seems they have all tired of the ``girliemen`` back home and want to try to boss around the butch colonials. As you can imagine, it doesn`t quite work out the way these gals plan and the women end up with what they really want-a husband who won`t put up with their B.S. (or M.B.A.)
William Tenn hit the nail on the head with this story, which was written before the full (de)flowering of the Feminist movement. He presciently foresaw where feminism would lead, and how the real victims of feminism would be the women trapped in it`s dogma. It really is an excellent story, and the Blue faerie would do well to read it. Perhaps she would gain an insight into why she is so unhappy.
Anyway, I`ve spent way too much time on this already!
Venus is a Man`s World was a science fiction story written by William Tenn in 1951 and read by your humble scribe as a boy. It chronicles the tale of an Earth dominated and populated by career-type women who lord it over their poodle-like men. Due to a shortage in decent men many women travel to Venus (at the time nobody knew of it`s hell-like qualities, although the story make even more sense in that light) and the other interplanetary colonies in search of real men. Seems they have all tired of the ``girliemen`` back home and want to try to boss around the butch colonials. As you can imagine, it doesn`t quite work out the way these gals plan and the women end up with what they really want-a husband who won`t put up with their B.S. (or M.B.A.)
William Tenn hit the nail on the head with this story, which was written before the full (de)flowering of the Feminist movement. He presciently foresaw where feminism would lead, and how the real victims of feminism would be the women trapped in it`s dogma. It really is an excellent story, and the Blue faerie would do well to read it. Perhaps she would gain an insight into why she is so unhappy.
Anyway, I`ve spent way too much time on this already!
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 5:05 AM
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