Science Fiction and Gender Wars
A recent Spearhead article written by Pro-Male/Anti-Feminist Tech illustrates how feminist ideology has changed the direction of science fiction over the last decade. An example of this change can be observed by watching the evolution of the SyFy channel (formally known as Sci-Fi) over the past decade. Bonnie Hammer was hired to transform the Sci-Fi channel so that it would be more female friendly. Traditional science fiction tends to focus on action and technology which typically appeals to men and does not attract most women. So Bonnie made the decision to create more female friendly programming that was focused primarily on interpersonal relationships. The idea was that women would be more attracted to story lines that dealt more with emotional drama versus space combat. So instead of grand space epics with weird technology and aliens, the story lines became basically “Sex in the City” set in space. While it is not necessarily a bad thing to change science fiction to appeal to more ...