20. Joe is a cipher designed to serve Heinlein's plot points. Initially helpful, sexless, deferential ("yes, boss") who turns traitor.
30. A properly intersectional analysis would link Heinlein on race with Heinlein on gender.
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31. With gender, Heinlein was trying to imagine a post-gender, liberated future but it often devolved into patriarchal sex fantasies.
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@HeerJeet The interesting part is Heinlein envisioned future women simply acting like powerful, horny men — and this was a *good* thing. - Show replies
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