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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:44:22 -0800
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From: Joe Surfer <vigil@mail.sdsu.edu>
Subject: Re: literature for use in teaching sociology
At 10:28 AM 12/10/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>	An utopia novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman "Herland" is a great
>tool for discussing social formation, socialization, gender, class and
>life as a collective effort.

Hey all -

        haven't read Herland but in the various colleges I've attended
Ursula K. LeGuin's 'The Left Hand of Darkness" is the standard text for
illustrating gender roles. See, in this sci-fi story, everybody is
androgynous and once a year they go into "season" and develop the biological
components... neat thing is if you put two people in the same vicinity who
were say female last season, this year one will become male this time
around... how can you treat anyone differently if the shoe is on the other foot?

Good luck to anyone in the midst of finals, family visits,  or grad skool
applications.

JV