Beta colony sexism
Sep. 2nd, 2018 09:16 pmI'm so used to reading about the ways beta colony is utopian, I've often not stopped to add up the ways it isn't.
People elsewhere in the galaxy talk about it as one of the most progressive places -- certainly in comparison to Barrayar.
Many of the downsides are -- as you might expect -- in increased conformity, like how in Sweden sex equality is overall better, but there's a big public database of everyone's salary.
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People elsewhere in the galaxy talk about it as one of the most progressive places -- certainly in comparison to Barrayar.
Many of the downsides are -- as you might expect -- in increased conformity, like how in Sweden sex equality is overall better, but there's a big public database of everyone's salary.
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