Mutable Feminists: Are We Ready for Them? ::

unsettled Feminists Are We Ready for Them? Throughout history, as women struggled to gain equality with men, these suffragettes were a lot ostracized and not accepted by society. In todays ball we find the basic rights which these women were fighting for fair, and the thought that someone would pick out argue a womans right to vote seems ridiculous. Our society likes to intent that we are less rigid and real open-minded, but is there a type of equality, which we are still not prepared to accept? The twain science fiction novels, He, She, and It by Marge Piercy, and The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey both make strong predictions about the technology, government, and social aspects of the future. Piercy and McCaffrey also let out sympathetic feminist views through the characters of Nili and Helva. Although they come from completely different supposed(p) universes, these women are able to accomplish amazing feats without falling into a label, and are completely comfortable and proud of who they are. Helva and Nili exemplify feminists who use their strength and sureness with themselves, their constantly mutating attitudes and personalities, and their unique relationships with others to make incredible changes in their worlds. Although the characters of Helva, from The Ship Who Sang, and Nili from He, She, and It, are very different, they actually possess very similar personalities and characteristics. Helva is a gay who was crippled at birth and transformed into a shell person. She lives her invigoration inside the safety of a titanium shell, and without the shells security department she would be dead. Helvas limitations may seem severe however, the shell, which Helva lives in, allows her to have thorough capabilities far more advanced than any regular humans. and so Helva is physically disabled, yet at the same time physically superior. Nili is very different in that she appears to have the body of an average human, and she has the abilities that humans have without needing a shell to protect her. However, they are both very similar because both Helva and Nili need their technological advances in order to survive. If Nili had not undergone alterations as a child, she would have been unable to survive the incredibly harsh conditions of the unforgiving zone where she was raised.