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Originally Posted by Lamont Cranston
Just about done with the PKD short story collection.
One thing that was unexpected was the unrelenting misogyny. Men hate their wives and women in general; Women are of little value beyond domestic help and gratification, they are helpless, their intellect is inferior. The one exception to all this doesn't count for much as she is a paranoid schizophrenic. This is all played entirely straight with no attempt to subvert such 1950s/1960s sterotypes.
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That's a really interesting point, and one that i'd not noticed in pkd when i read him. now that you mention it though it does seem very true.