The Role of Women in Utopia

The nineteenth century was a key period in womens rightist hi tosh, where predominantly oculus class women were campaigning for the vote, office rights for married women, access to higher(prenominal) grooming, access to all the professions and alter working conditions. A major(ip) obstacle to this was the fact that muliebrity were vulnerable during pregnancy, and a churl was a lot a economical burden, forcing m any(prenominal) women to be dependant on men throughout this period12. In this essay I result be examining the employment of women in Morriss and Bulwer-Lyttons utopias, both pen in the late 19th century, and how they relate to the feminist straw man at the time. I will so comp ar it to the character reference of women in Piercys utopia, written in 1976. By this time the bulk of the goals that the 19th century feminist movement had evolved and foc officed more(prenominal) on sexist ideology, as many an(prenominal) legal rights had been win yet still discrep ancy was apparent.3\nThe Coming Race, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, describes the story of a man who comes crossways a civilization, the Vril-ya who are posterity from mankind, living underground. The key to their development is the harnessing of a fluid called Vril which they use in all areas of their life, as energy, as a arm and to enhance their brain capabilities. They run short in an harmonic Utopian society where everyone has equal shape and freedom to pursue any occupation. This equality also extends to the rights of women, the Gy-ei. As children they are required, as are male children, to work for the friendship in an area of their choice, ranging from sign of the zodiac work to slaying inconclusive reptiles in order to watch the community safe. The author still states that female children are often preferred for the role of exterminator as they are by constitution more ruthless under the influence of business organization and hate(73). They are then free to pursue an education in any tree branch they choose, and again are considered intellectually superior in many mystical branches of reasoning...