In a recent blockbuster novel, young girls and then older women suddenly develop a power, a force. Electric jolts shoot through their fingertips in wide and elegant arcs, lighting up the night sky—and sometimes lighting up their male assailants. The tables are turned and male physical power is rendered moot.
But the welcome respite from all the Handmaid’s Tale-type dystopian fiction that has bloomed in the past few years inevitably unfolds into a same-old same-old scenario. Women turn out to be just as bad as men, wielding power ruthlessly and establishing an inverted gender hierarchy. Read the full article on Ms. Magazine.