Theme & Character Lists: Sex & Lies

see also
Controlled Reproduction | Breeding Programs

In which an institution lies to the general population about reproduction or sex.

• Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale - Women are blamed for all infertility; infertility is always the woman's fault and never the man's. Everybody knows the truth, though.
• Chandler, A. Bertram. Spartan Planet (1969) - A caste of doctor-priests lie to the general population of an all-male planet, leading them to believe that there are no women, while secretly importing eggs from another planet.
• Fletcher, Jane. The World Celaeno Chose (1999) Priests control reproduction and require the population to go through various fertility rites and of course payments.
• Gilman, Carolyn Ives. Halfway Human (1998) people lie about how the sex is chosen ...
• Sargent, Pamela. The Shore of Women
• Sturgeon, Theodore. Venus Plus X (1960)
• Tepper, Sheri. The Gates to Women's Country. Most women believe they get pregnant through the periodic visits with men.