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the_rckUnexpectedly, I have received a story tonight! It’s a story in one of the small fandoms I nominated for Yuletide (but, naturally, is not in the Yuletide collection). I’m beyond thrilled.
Title: Tapes
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Fandom: Sector General - James White
Characters: Murchison, O’Mara
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Canon Sexism
Author’s Summary: Outdated assumptions about gender roles have restricted the opportunities for women to get involved in other-species medicine for a long time. Pathologist Murchison feels it’s high time to address the problem.
My note: Basically, the canon is a series of SF books and stories that came out over several decades, starting in 1957 and ending in 1999 when the author passed away. Early in the series, there was a bit of world building that stated that women (specifically human women) couldn’t be the very specialized doctors called Diagnosticians because women weren’t capable of accepting tapes made from the mind of a member of an alien species into their own minds. I believe the word used was 'fastidious.' It made no sense to me when I started reading the stories in the 1980s, and I’ve always been sad that the author didn’t get rid of it somehow because it was the one bit of world building I hated.
Anyway, this is a great story that addresses the problem directly with an eye toward fixing it. Murchison is the perfect character to call the administration on the bullshit, too.
One note for those not familiar with canon— The accepted practice in multi-species medicine is to refer to all members of other species with gender neutral pronouns, generally 'it,' unless the person in question is a patient with a reproductive concern.
Title: Tapes
Author:
Fandom: Sector General - James White
Characters: Murchison, O’Mara
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Canon Sexism
Author’s Summary: Outdated assumptions about gender roles have restricted the opportunities for women to get involved in other-species medicine for a long time. Pathologist Murchison feels it’s high time to address the problem.
My note: Basically, the canon is a series of SF books and stories that came out over several decades, starting in 1957 and ending in 1999 when the author passed away. Early in the series, there was a bit of world building that stated that women (specifically human women) couldn’t be the very specialized doctors called Diagnosticians because women weren’t capable of accepting tapes made from the mind of a member of an alien species into their own minds. I believe the word used was 'fastidious.' It made no sense to me when I started reading the stories in the 1980s, and I’ve always been sad that the author didn’t get rid of it somehow because it was the one bit of world building I hated.
Anyway, this is a great story that addresses the problem directly with an eye toward fixing it. Murchison is the perfect character to call the administration on the bullshit, too.
One note for those not familiar with canon— The accepted practice in multi-species medicine is to refer to all members of other species with gender neutral pronouns, generally 'it,' unless the person in question is a patient with a reproductive concern.
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Date: 2015-12-25 03:12 am (UTC)I didn't read the story, but the description sounds neat. Cool!!!!