On writing the post, I realized there was a possibility to work in a "Mars needs women" joke.
More seriously, I expect a different culture to arise on Mars, as you noted, because Mars will be significantly female dominated for many years. At first, it will be all female (with a negligible number of adult males), and a mix of children -- but the female children can be safely brought and forth to Earth, it is only the male children who are full time Martians.
By the time there are a significant number of adult male Martians, they'll still be swamped by the number of women who can, at a whim, travel there from Earth. Certainly some will use this technology to escape from overbearing patriarchal societies. Some Earth-based cultures may ban women from teleportation entirely, but they'll be left behind technologically like the Amish.
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Date: 2008-10-07 06:01 pm (UTC)More seriously, I expect a different culture to arise on Mars, as you noted, because Mars will be significantly female dominated for many years. At first, it will be all female (with a negligible number of adult males), and a mix of children -- but the female children can be safely brought and forth to Earth, it is only the male children who are full time Martians.
By the time there are a significant number of adult male Martians, they'll still be swamped by the number of women who can, at a whim, travel there from Earth. Certainly some will use this technology to escape from overbearing patriarchal societies. Some Earth-based cultures may ban women from teleportation entirely, but they'll be left behind technologically like the Amish.