There's one thing you can count on in a crisis: if, when you're rebuilding, the less privileged don't have a voice, then things will be really shitty for them. Look at women in Egypt. They're entire world changed literally overnight and they were pretty much shut out of any nation rebuilding and as a result, things are pretty shitty for a lot of Egyptian women right now.
The problem I have with a lot of post-apoc books is that the dudes writing them forget that maybe women would like to help rebuild the world. Instead, you have the women in The Walking Dead hiding in the prison while the men are out killing zombies, reestablishing a tired status quo instead of rebuilding a society where men and women share responsibility. Not to mention, if you're fighting zombies, hiding half of your capable eyes and weapon-wielding hands is just stupid.
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Date: 2013-01-27 03:57 am (UTC)The problem I have with a lot of post-apoc books is that the dudes writing them forget that maybe women would like to help rebuild the world. Instead, you have the women in The Walking Dead hiding in the prison while the men are out killing zombies, reestablishing a tired status quo instead of rebuilding a society where men and women share responsibility. Not to mention, if you're fighting zombies, hiding half of your capable eyes and weapon-wielding hands is just stupid.