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Gormy Cuss

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4. "The Feminine Mystique" was a bestseller shortly before this series aired.

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Mon Mar 5, 2012, 06:01 PM

Mar 2012

Between that and the Civil Rights Act it was common for mid-late 1960s science fiction films and series to assume that equality would happen in their fictional, future era.

As for Lost-in-Space, thinking gender equality and family space travel would be the norm in 1997 was a bit optimistic

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Lost in Space [View all] Neoma Mar 2012 OP

It was set in the distant future.....In the year 1997 virtualobserver Mar 2012 #1

all depends on how the episode ended Whisp Mar 2012 #2

We changed the channel before the ending. Neoma Mar 2012 #3

"The Feminine Mystique" was a bestseller shortly before this series aired. Gormy Cuss Mar 2012 #4

I think I mentioned it before, somewhere on DU. Call Me Wesley Mar 2012 #5