Blog Post 4/1

The concept of gender relationship in “When it change” is completely different from Le Guins “Left Hand of Darkness”. In “when it change”, the society display a separation in gender, while in “Left Hand of Darkness”, the society accepts the kemmering cycle in which both forms of gender are accepted and treated as a natural process. However the world in “when it change” is a society compose of female domination and that the males are treated as unwelcome aliens. Even with all of the differences both society have things in common, the futuristic time span display how each society have advance and adapted in their own way. In addition the ideas of space travel and that one group of individuals displaying technological dominance are shown in both writings. Another noticeable difference is that the females of “when it change” seem more aggressive and they focus that aggression on their male counter parts. An example is when the female Kathy took a stand against the males proposals and attempted to shoot them down.