I do firmly believe that a story is just a story (if it's done properly and isn't, you know, a sermon or something). Having said that, I might mention some might find offensive the idea that a female scientist was more prone somehow to being baby-crazy than a male one. The presupposition of feminine 'hysteria' is a little, erm, Victorian? But then again, so is the Frankenstein concept (though the actual book was written earlier -- Shelley was ahead of her time).
Seems to me the loss of a child would be tragedy enough for a person of any gender (including ones I haven't thought of). Just saying.
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I do firmly believe that a story is just a story (if it's done properly and isn't, you know, a sermon or something). Having said that, I might mention some might find offensive the idea that a female scientist was more prone somehow to being baby-crazy than a male one. The presupposition of feminine 'hysteria' is a little, erm, Victorian? But then again, so is the Frankenstein concept (though the actual book was written earlier -- Shelley was ahead of her time).
Seems to me the loss of a child would be tragedy enough for a person of any gender (including ones I haven't thought of). Just saying.