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Originally Posted by gmw
The problem I have with the revelation scene in chapter 18 is that the misunderstanding is clear enough (whether explained as shifgrethor or simply looked at from the reader's outside view), but its relationship to gender is not so clear.
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Was it? Could you explain it to me then? What was the nature of the misunderstanding and how does it clarify shifgrethor?
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Originally Posted by gmw
I never got the sense that Le Guin expected us to see Genly as a "sexist jerk".
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No I don't think she does. But the person speaking on the podcast, author Charlie Jane Anders, found him so but still liked the book.