is the police chief of the colony, which is typically thought of to be a man’s job.Janet’s wife Katy, can be typically classified as a “masculine” woman. Katy is a mechanic, who likes driving fast, fixing cars, and is not afraid to go camping without a gun. “Katy drives like a maniac; we must have been doing over 120 kilometers an hour on those turns... I’ve seen her take the whole car apart and put it together again in a day” (Russ 345). Janet also describes Katy as having big muscles. “The muscles of her forearms are like metal bars from all the driving and testing of her machines. Sometimes I dream about Katy’s arms” (Russ 350). This comment, proves again Katy’s masculinity and Janet’s feminine domineer. Usually, it is the woman’s role to admires the man’s muscles. Another scene which classifies Katy as masculine is when she challenges the men from Earth, (who come to “perfect” the female society) when they insult Katy and herself. “’You damned fool, don’t you know when we’ve been insulted?’ and swung up the rifle to shoot him through the screen, but I got to her before she could fire...” (Russ 349). As Katy is speaking, Janet describes her wife’s voice as “brittle.” This scene in the story, again depicts the “feminine” and “masculine” characters. Katy speaks in a brittle voice and she is speaking up to protect and defend her family. And at the same time, Janet is holding Katy back, in fear that she will hurt herself (Garland 88). The confrontation between the Earth men and the women of Whileaway, presents the possibility of the fall of the all female utopia empire (Cortiel 57). The men feel that unity between the two gender will ultimately perfect them. “There is only half a species here. Men must come back to Whileaway” (Russ 349)....
