How do we understand gender and utopias?

You’ve read the first four chapters of Herland, watched the mini-lecture, listened to the podcast, and watched the Dr. Giligan’s interview where she explains feminism and patriarchy. Use these resources to answer the Readers Response Diary 2, Entry 1.
In Chapters 1-4, the three visitors Van, Jeff, and Terry provide different early 20 th century men’s perspectives on the advanced, thriving, all-woman society that the men find in Herland. Thinking about gender, pronouns, imagined and “utopian” communities to tackle the larger questions:
How do we understand gender and utopias?
Consider and write response to these questions:
Do you think most men you know would be happy in Herland? Why? Why not?
Is the society, as described in the first chapters of the story, a utopian space (in part) because it has eliminated patriarchy?
What do you suspect replaces patriarchy in Herland? What specific evidence from the story supports your position?
To earn all available points for this entry, your entry must be at least 250 words long and must make at least 2 specific references to passages in the book, either by quoting
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from the book (and discussing the quoted sentences) or by paraphrasing
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from the book (and discussing the paraphrased passage).
(Don’t worry about citation format. This isn’t that class. But do let me know what chapter you are quoting from.)
Example: When the men arrive, Terry imagines that he’ll be “king of Ladyland,” and that the “girls” will submit to his he-man charms. (Chapter 2 Rash Advances). When Terry announces that he’ll be king, it’s because he thinks he’s arriving in a country full of young women who naturally will be impressed and intimidated by him and who will compete for his attention. He’s also saying that he’ll be the top man – over any men he finds in the country and over his fellow travelers.