A curious sympathy between second-wave feminism and evolutionary theory forged a powerful connection between women and the sea. Speculative nonfiction by Elaine Morgan rewrote humanity’s evolutionary past to be more fluid and more feminist in her Descent of Woman (1972). Later fiction—including Kurt Vonnegut’s Galápagos (1985) and biologist Joan Slonczewski’s A Door into Ocean (1986)—posited alternative futures in which long association with the ocean resulted in the evolution of new forms of biological and social order. The elusive boundary between science and fiction in these narratives highlights both the moral authority of nature and the subversive connotations of the aquatic.

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老妇人和海：

第二波女权主义和进化论之间奇怪的共鸣在女性与海洋之间建立了强大的联系。伊莱恩·摩根 (Elaine Morgan) 的投机性纪实小说在她的《女人的后裔》(1972) 中改写了人类的进化历史，使其更加流畅和女权主义。后来的小说——包括库尔特·冯内古特的加拉帕戈斯 (1985) 和生物学家琼·斯隆切夫斯基 (Joan Slonczewski) 的《海洋之门》(1986)——假设了另一种未来，其中与海洋的长期联系导致了新形式的生物和社会秩序的演变。在这些叙事中，科幻与虚构之间难以捉摸的界限既突出了自然的道德权威，也突出了水生动物的颠覆性内涵。