this is a very small fraction of a person’s life indeed. This also suggests the separation of physical and psychological manifestations of gender. Thus, although the story consistently refers to the Gethenians as “he,” the reader, along with Genly Ai, has to become accustomed to the idea that all the other characters are wholly androgynous. In fact, it is a telling fact that Genly is himself considered a “pervert” and the rest of humanity considered “a society of perverts” among the Gethenians,…
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