영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 에블린 E. 스미스의 여성의 손길
"Woman’s Touch"는 Evelyn E. Smith가 1957년에 쓴 단편 과학 소설로, 인간 관계와 가정적 역할, 특히 성별에 따른 기대와 편견을 유머러스하게 다룬 작품이다.
이 이야기는 미래의 지구를 배경으로 하며, 남성과 여성의 역할에 대한 전통적인 관념을 풍자적으로 탐구한다. 주인공은 인간 남성으로, 외계 여성 생명체와 결혼하게 되면서 이야기가 전개된다. 이 외계 생명체는 지구 여성과는 전혀 다른 신체적, 정신적 특성을 가지고 있으며, 두 사람은 함께 살면서 서로의 차이를 이해하고 조율하려고 노력한다.
외계 생명체는 기존 지구의 여성 역할에 맞는 '가정적' 태도를 기대하지만, 상황은 점점 비꼬는 방향으로 흘러간다. 남성 주인공은 이 외계 여성의 독특한 방식과 그녀의 세계관에 적응해야 하면서, 성별에 따른 기대와 역할이 얼마나 비합리적인지를 깨닫게 된다.

Science Fiction in English _ Woman’s touch by Evelyn E. Smith
"Woman's Touch" is a short science fiction novel written by Evelyn E. Smith in 1957 that humorously explores human relationships and domestic roles, especially gender-based expectations and prejudices.
The story is set on a future Earth and satirically explores traditional notions of male and female roles. The protagonist is a human male who marries an alien female life form. The alien life form has completely different physical and mental characteristics from the Earth woman, and the two try to understand and adjust to each other's differences as they live together.
The alien life form expects a "domestic" attitude that fits the traditional Earth female role, but things gradually take a sarcastic turn. As the male protagonist must adapt to the alien woman's unique ways and worldview, he comes to realize how unreasonable gender-based expectations and roles are.

Summary
The orders were to leave the natives of the new planet strictly alone. But those surveyors' wives were women, and women don't obey orders?or leave people alone!

"Now, don't get the idea that this is a universe-shaking assignment," Captain Harnick warned the four young people. "The planet's of no particular importance; otherwise we would never have assigned an untried team."
"Yessir," Ned McComb and Danny Field said dutifully. However, Harnick wasn't worried about them; it was the anticipatory gleam in their wives' eyes that he didn't like. Pity the men had to be allowed to take their spouses along, but the Extrasolar Survey Service would never be able to get anyone to accept a five-year term of duty on a remote planet without that accommodation.

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