"R. L. Stroud" rstroud@qwest.net wrote:

Jacqui writes:

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I sometimes see Assassin as having 'sexist' overtones - Servalan's remark about simpering Piri being a credit to the female sex (rearranging quote), & there is a remark by Neebrox etc

This might be a case of me seeing what I wanted to see, but I always took Servalan's remark to mean that she knew Piri's true character and admired her tactic of using the men's chivalrous and sexist nature against them. Although now that I think about it, Servalan needn't be a feminist, after all, most historian feel Elizabeth I wasn't either.

rs

I meant in the sense that eg Powerplay 'shows' what one logical outcome of the gender war might be - but with Assassain the remarks are throwaway lines - which is perhaps what sexism etc is about. (and as was said a while back B7 does have a 'good record' for its time in treating women of the professional classes as equal to men - including eg Jenna as professional smuggler.)

Jacqui

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