Michelle Bernard wrote:
(snip)
> The lack of homosexuality (or, IMO any sexuality except
> every six months for about a week IF you choose!) as is
> often the case in seperatist/utopian SF totally boggled
> me.
Which works are you referring to here? I'd like to check
them out.
I am combing through my mind for the separatist/utopian
books I've read. . . all of the cultures included women
couples and men couples as normal (if not exclusive) that
I can remember.
It wouldn't make a lot of sense unless humans changed
into creatures no longer dependent upon touch to remain
healthy.
> Was everyone on hormonal suppresents? If reproduction
> was carefully controlled, why eliminate same-sex relationships
> (because then some people might not be available to reproduce)?
Since I don't' remember the books being discussed here, I may be
off base. Might it have to do with a cultural link between
sexual activity and reproduction? Many people believe that
reproduction is the highest goal of sexual sharing, and if
reproduction is impossible, then sex would not or shouldn't exist.
If one believes sexual expression to be separate from reproduction,
then I can't imagine why same-sex relationships would be
discouraged.
> >I think we may have had this discussion before (or was it about her
> >exclusion of homosexuality as a potential by making it also genetic > >and correctable in utero?)
> >Lesley
> >Lesley_Hall@classic.msn.com
Which author is this? To review, why would such potential need to
be "cured" in whichever environment created by the unknown (to me)
author?
I must have missed this discussion before.
Thanks,
Lindy
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