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Robert Heinlein's form letter response to people who wrote to him (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/sciencefiction

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[–] FlyingSquid 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't know if I would agree with you. Maybe he wasn't misogynistic earlier in life, but by the end? Did you ever read Friday? It's kind of disturbing. Yes, the main character is a woman who is better than a normal human through genetic engineering. She also enjoys getting raped.

[–] RaoulDook 11 points 11 months ago

I think you misunderstood that whole scene. Friday was pretending to like the rape to throw the rapists off guard, so she could find her way to get the upper hand and kill them.

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[–] FlyingSquid 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

When the idea is "if you get gang raped, just lie back and enjoy it," I think that says something about the person.

[–] NoRodent 18 points 11 months ago

(×) I don't discuss my colleagues' works or my own. A novelist writes from
many viewpoints; opinions expressed even by a first-person character are not
necessarily those of the author. Fiction is sold as entertainment, not as fact.
(×) Please do not write to me again.
                        Sincerely yours,
                                         Robert A. Heinlein, by ____

[–] blackbelt352 4 points 11 months ago

That idea is also a very common thing in Ayn Rand's writing too, which he's said he was quite influenced by her writing in an interview in the mid 70s.