tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post576148466838983388..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: "You've Got Mail" 1998 Award Winning filmRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-66533980792195111172008-05-04T14:10:00.000-04:002008-05-04T14:10:00.000-04:00Good example, Margaret, and I have more to say on ...Good example, Margaret, and I have more to say on that in my next blog, I think. <BR/><BR/>You never know what will come out when you sit down to write one of these entries! <BR/><BR/>Jacqueline Lichtenberg<BR/>http://www.simegen.com/jl/Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-91591015038274853882008-05-01T12:55:00.000-04:002008-05-01T12:55:00.000-04:00Alien reproductive biology: I'm in the midst of wa...Alien reproductive biology: I'm in the midst of watching my DVDs of that wonderful short-lived series ALIEN NATION, and it occurs to me that the Tenctonese are probably free of the dominance-submission dynamic in their sexual relationships. You'll remember that two men are needed to get a woman pregnant, her husband (who supplies the sperm) and a catalyst, a different kind of male, a Binnaum, who makes it possible for her to be fertilized but contributes no genetic material. Right away, we find that sexual jealousy in the human sense doesn't play a role in their marriages. (Although the Newcomer cop in the series, George, later faces human-type jealousy from his wife when George volunteers to provide the sperm for their Binnaum friend and his wife to have a baby -- but George's wife comes to realize that she's thinking in human terms that don't apply to their marriage.) More directly relevant to the dominance-submission matter, Newcomer males become pregnant and give birth -- somewhat like sea horses. Midway in the pregnancy, the pod holding the fetus is transferred from the wife to the husband. This relationship of equality in sharing the physical burdens of reproduction must surely have an effect on their sexual dynamics.Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-60334594652921880102008-04-30T18:54:00.000-04:002008-04-30T18:54:00.000-04:00Kimber AnOh, I'm looking forward to it.Jacqueline ...Kimber An<BR/><BR/>Oh, I'm looking forward to it.<BR/><BR/>Jacqueline Lichtenberg<BR/>http://www.simegen.com/jl/Jacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-59038352274908374172008-04-29T18:41:00.000-04:002008-04-29T18:41:00.000-04:00Great post, Jacqueline, as always.;)"Would you giv...Great post, Jacqueline, as always.<BR/>;)<BR/>"Would you give up your freedom for psychological visibility? Would you let yourself be "visible" to someone who would use that data about you to put you in a cage you couldn't even see was a cage?"<BR/><BR/>This is a huge plot point in the novel I have on submission (pun?) right now, in fact. If it achieves publication, I hope you'll be proud of the Heroine's answer.Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.com