On: She’s Got Game

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I don't even remember that from 'The Player of Games', perhaps I need to re-read.

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In the book, the dominant "apex" gender is quite blatant about its subjugation of the other two (males and females).

In this way, Banks managed to present an extremely unequal society and its ills without having to refute any of the unfair critiques either a patriarchy or matriarchy would have prompted.