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  • Essay / Gender Reversal in Neuromancer by William Gibson

    Gender Reversal in NeuromancerIn a world where beauty is literally a small price to pay to achieve. When reading the novel Neuromancer, it is not surprising that not all of the women described are characterized as socially unacceptable. On the other hand, they all have an important role: Molly is a street samurai, 3Jane is the head of a world dominating family, Marie-Frances is a silent manipulative mother and Linda Lee is, well, she fits the girlfriend stereotype in most books. . Stereotypical is not the definition used to describe Molly and Case's relationship. From the first time they meet, Molly is the one chasing them. In most relationships, the man seems to be the aggressor; Molly takes on this role with authority. She follows him everywhere to recruit him into her team under Armitage's leadership. This team works under the supervision of an artificial intelligence (AI) named Wintermute. Wintermute and Neuromancer are two AIs created by a powerful family, Tessier-Ashpool (TA). Wintermute needs Molly's brawn and Cases' hacking ability to successfully join Wintermute with Neuromancer. This family is led by Ashpool and the next one is 3Jane. The person in charge of Wintermute wishing to unite is the mother and visionist Marie-France. 3Jane and Marie-France are different in their approach to power. 3Jane is more silent and patient, whereas; Marie-France is manipulative and has her own ideas. Marie-France takes advantage of her silence to wait for an opportunity to advance her plan to join Wintermute and Neuromancer. 3 Jane uses her silence to climb the ranks undetected, but both have more power in mind. Power isn't the only gender-reversed role Molly exhibits. Her relationship with Case is a clear gender reversal. Molly starts as an abuser and ends as a user. After his previous encounter with Case, he undergoes an operation to allow him to connect to the Matrix without a computer. Molly stays at his house to take care of him after he wakes up from his surgery. Of course, in opposite roles, Molly is there for one thing, sex. Even during the brief sex scene, Molly proves to be the more dominant figure. She initiates the situation and takes the bull by the horns. Taking charge of a difficult situation is not something new for Molly..