SPECIES
Or, Men are from Earth, Women are from Venus
Science fiction and speculative fiction have always enjoyed playing with popular conceptions of feminine roles. Speculative authors were among the first to bring us societies without sexual prejudices, and aliens who suffer role-reversals. Unfortunately, Sci-fi has also been a prime venue for enhanced machismo, and stereotypical treatments of women. Big-breasted space babes have always had their place in B-films. The film Species, which revolves around a half-human, half-alien woman learning about sex in the real world has elements that fall into both categories. What is most striking about the film, however, is the way in which it quite literally calls alien those elements of female experience which are (over)sexed, instinctive, or violent. It is quite common for today's society to be in denial about female sexuality and violence, and to try to ignore its prevalence. Pigeonholing perpetrators as "aberrations" or "outerspace aliens" only heightens this trend. Ironically, sexually violent females seem to also hold a place of fascination and reverence.
Today many scientists are insisting that "rape [by males] is... A natural, biological phenomenon that is a product of the human evolutionary heritage." (Thornhill, 1) While they insist that this does not excuse the act, it should shed some light upon it. Men are simply more likely to want to force sex and sexual contact if they can. It helps along their chances or reproducing successfully. This natural tendency is seen as a part of universal gender roles: "Anthropologist Donald Symons of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has observed, people everywhere understand sex as 'something females have that males want.' " (Thornhill, 4)
In a similar fashion, women are seen as nurturers, while men are killers. "Kathleen Mojas, a Beverly Hills clinical psychologist specializing in women's violence, believes there's been a historic underacknowledgement of female violence. 'We're just beginning to admit that women can do this, just like it used to be impossible to believe that a father could molest a daughter. Now we're beginning to admit that women can be violent and can molest and kill.' " (Braidhill, 8)
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