As I'm getting further into my re-read I'm getting more convinced that we're supposed to be yelling at Genly Ai about how stupid and oblivious he is, so maybe we're also supposed to be aware that his opinions on gender are short-sighted. I'd like it if I could think that - though unfortunately some of the quotes from other Hainish inspectors are just as bad.

It's more fun than I remembered, watching Genly walk into this obviously Communist country and gush about how wonderful it is until they send him to a gulag. I'm like 'honestly, son, the only person to whom that came as a surprise is you.'

But I'm glad to see that I'm still in love with Therem Harth rem ir Estraven after all these years. The bedrock of my personality doesn't change much :)