Teleplay: Delilah and the Space Rigger
Subterranean Press has a teleplay by Robert Heinlein available for reading on their site. Anyone who calls Heinlein a sexist should read the original story.
You should not be surprised that a Science Fiction writer, targeting a predominantly male, mostly over thirty educated audience would say that women can't contribute in a meaningful way to the exploration of space. Women in space are not only important, but essential.
Only Heinlein could have written that women and men have worked side by side for as long as there's been a human species. It is not only natural, but part of our makeup.
The teleplay, though, plays up the sex angle and leaves out Heinlein's philosophical views on the subject. Make sure that you read the original story to get the full impact of this ground breaking story.
You should not be surprised that a Science Fiction writer, targeting a predominantly male, mostly over thirty educated audience would say that women can't contribute in a meaningful way to the exploration of space. Women in space are not only important, but essential.
Only Heinlein could have written that women and men have worked side by side for as long as there's been a human species. It is not only natural, but part of our makeup.
The teleplay, though, plays up the sex angle and leaves out Heinlein's philosophical views on the subject. Make sure that you read the original story to get the full impact of this ground breaking story.
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