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"To Honor You Call Us" has no female characters, save for a 30 second appearance by Worthington-Biggs's daughter, who does nothing but serve coffee. So, it's hard to say how the women in the book are two dimensional. Not arguing, just curious about how the list-maker came to this conclusion.

H. wrote: ""To Honor You Call Us" has no female characters, save for a 30 second appearance by Worthington-Biggs's daughter, who does nothing but serve coffee. So, it's hard to say how the women in the book a..."

Male authors may have any number of ways they show they "don't get women"; one of those ways to erase women from their narratives altogether. I'd agree it's better to have no women at all than to write them as one dimensional stereotypes -- but only marginally. It still says to a huge portion of potential readers, "You're not worth the trouble to write well."

Or, maybe, it might say something like: "I'm a novice writer" and I'm really worried about getting this right. Or, even, "This is a translation of the 'Ships of Wood and Men of Iron' to space and the ships in the source genre didn't have women on them." I would think that anyone who reads my books and who has any sense would discern (particularly given some things said in dialog) that I respect women so much that I don't want to get them wrong.