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Venus is a Man's World

William Tenn

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There wasn't anyone on the deck, as far as I could see. And this distance from the grav helix, the ship seemed mighty quiet and lonely. If I just took one quick look....

But I thought of what Sis would say and I turned around obediently. Then I saw the big red sign again. "Passengers not permitted—"

Well! Didn't I know from my civics class that only women could be Earth Citizens these days? Sure, ever since the Male Desuffrage Act. And didn't I know that you had to be a citizen of a planet in order to get an interplanetary passport? Sis had explained it all to me in the careful, patient way she always talks politics and things like that to men.

"Technically, Ferdinand, I'm the only passenger in our family. You can't be one, because, not being a citizen, you can't acquire an Earth Passport. However, you'll be going to Venus on the strength of this clause—'Miss Evelyn Sparling and all dependent male members of famil. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I only read, "Venus is a Man's World" and I loved it. So incredibly funny. The sister thinks she knows it all but she got put in her place in the end and she has no idea that she was outsmarted.

Toen ik de titel las, was ik bang dat het seksistisch zou zijn.

Het begon als wel een leuk verhaal, maar ik vond het uiteindelijk te seksistisch.

Ondanks dat het over Venus gaat, is het niet echt een vernieuwend of verrassend verhaal.