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Gender and Polarity

How Short Fiction develops Gender and Polarity.

The book examines gender roles and attraction through the Beta/Gamma polarity in 'The Weirdest World', and the forced reproduction plot in 'McGonigal’s Worm', questioning biological and social imperatives.

Where it surfaces

  • III

    The chapter introduces the Beta/Gamma (Boy/Girl) polarity as a fundamental driving force among people, affecting attraction and social dynamics.