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Initial codes Female category column 2
Initial codes
1. Responsive 01. Display loving 22. Dream 27. Display emotions 41. Are trusting 9. Tamed 15. Display domesticity 40. Are normal
2. Thoughtful 03. Are patient 04. Show care 33. Have imagination 49. Are polite
10. Gorgeous 17. Are snappy dressers 43. Are young and beautiful
2. Are bargain hunters 32. Are rich
3. Exertion 05. Have walks 06. Use transport 07. Work 13. Are energetic 24. Go to places 48. Travel 11. Physically unwell 18. Become sick 37. Display physical deformities
4. Spirited 08. Are excited 47. Celebrate life
12. Hearty 19. Show health 35. Have good eyesight, speech and hearing 5. Weak 10. Are frail
20. Are lazy 25. Are scared
13. Aggressive 23. Are impatient 26. Have criminal tendencies 6. Inarticulate 11. Are forgetful
38. Are inarticulate 45. Fail
14. Amazonian 29. Get angry 30. Are successful 46. Are heroes 42. Show authority 44. Are tough 7. Friendship 12. Have family
21. Have friends
15. Forlorn 09. Display loneliness 34. Show self- consciousness and embarrassment 8. Intelligence 14. Show cleverness
16. Are thinkers 28. Are talkers 31. Are inquisitive
16. Irrational 36. Are strange 39. Are crazy
Category 1 Responsive: In this category females are loving and trusting, they are dreamers and show their emotions. This category means females respond
passionately to others especially when dreaming. The following example
demonstrates this category, “Shivah ended up telling her secret to Douglas which made them so much closer and they eventually became engaged” (Avelaidia, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 330).
Category 2 Thoughtful: In this category females are caring, imaginative, patient and polite. Thoughtful females think in terms of what they can do for others.
When they imagine themselves in situations it is all about being as thoughtful to others as possible. This is shown in the following example, “Mum and Dad are always home. I was worried, not that I admitted this though” (That Day Our City Got Invaded, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, pp. 319-320).
Category 3 Exertion: In this category females are energetic, workers, walkers, travellers and users of other means of transport. They use energy to run, jump and play games or just to go places. This female exerts energy in a continual need to move their bodies. One example follows to support the category of exertion, “The following afternoon, Kelly and I drove to a friend Mitch’s house, to pick up Mitch and his mate” (That Day Our City Got Invaded, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 318).
Category 4 Spirited: In this category females are excited and they celebrate life. Excitable females laugh, joke around and are generally happy. A female in this category loves to party and to be the centre of attention. Spirited females demonstrate their emotions. An example of this category follows, “I arrived home with
excitement” (Morbi Adipiscing, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 325).
Category 5 Weak: In this category females are frail, lazy and scared. The category of the weak for females means they are physically weak and they get nervous and frightened easily. The following example demonstrates this category, “I could not believe my eyes, I screamed as I saw what I thought was the end of my life” (That Day Our City Got Invaded, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 320).
Category 6 Inarticulate: In this category females are inarticulate, forgetful and failures. Inarticulate females cannot remember things and if they did they would not
be able to express them. They are constructed as powerless without a professional position in society. An example follows which supports this category, “I fiddled with it for 20 minutes or so, just to figure out what things meant” (Morbi Adipiscing, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 325).
Category 7 Friendship: In this category females are linked to family and friends. They are mothers, sisters, grandparents and friends. Friendship means
females not only need friends but need to connect with them regularly. The female in this category goes out of their way to form and to keep up such relations. In the example that follows the category of friendship is demonstrated, “Shivah insisted on coming with them... They all became such close friends” (Avelaidia, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 329).
Category 8 Intelligence: In this category females are thinkers, clever and inquisitive and they can talk to anyone about anything. They are creative in art and subjects like science, maths and sports science. Females can use and work out how various pieces of technical equipment operate. In fields of intellectual pursuits they can be professors or doctors. An example of this category follows, “I set up my equipment and begin to place the samples in test tubes” (Cure by Lemons, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 343).
Category 9 Tamed: In this category females are domesticated. Females cook, clean and live ordinary lives in this category. The category of tamed means they are not different in any outstanding way and are chained to a normal, boring life of domesticity. In the example that follows the category is shown, “I made myself a toasted sandwich” (Morbi Adipiscing, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 325).
Category 10 Gorgeous: In this category females are rich, beautiful, and snappy dressers. Females use their money and keen shopping sense to make themselves beautiful and desirable. To be gorgeous is to have the outward appearances of fashion, cleanliness and cosmetics that help to maintain the
breathtaking female. An example follows to support this category, “Shivah stroked her long hair, and looked through the shiny glass window, watching her land,
Avelaidia” (Avelaidia, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 329).
Category 11 Physically Unwell: In this category females are sick and physically deformed. Their deformities include hands that are not shaped correctly and other problems like poor eyesight and hearing. In this category females are constantly ill and always have something wrong with them. One example of this category follows, “Amy’s fingers were starting to become, what would you call it, odd looking” (Cure by Lemons, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 341)?
Category 12 Physically Well: In this category females are healthy and have no speech, hearing or eyesight problems. They never need to complain of any ills. This category is demonstrated in the following example, “Well it’s been two months since I discovered the cure and everyone is back at school. Amy is back to her old self again” (Cure by Lemons, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 344).
Category 13 Offensive: In this category females are impatient with criminal tendencies. They yell and push others with little time for manners. This female steals, threatens others and murders. They spend time in jail or some form of detention for doing the wrong or offensive thing. The following example supports this category,
“She looked guilty still, and upset but I didn't care. It was wrong of her to sell that to me in the first place” (Morbi Adipiscing, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 327).
Category 14 Amazonian: In this category females are strong, heroes and successful. This female is allowed to get angry and through their anger they display their toughness and Amazonian strength. The example below supports this category, “Kelly and I both found four massive TNT explosives, in the back part of the station. Working as a team, the four of us carried these explosives” (That Day Our City Got Invaded, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 321).
Category 15 Forlorn: In this category females are lonely, self-conscious and embarrassed. This female is constructed with no one in their lives and they cannot look at themselves or see how others perceive them. Forlorn females are so sad about whom they are that this makes it very hard for them to live in society. An example of this category follows, “Either way they weren’t looking like they normally would but I didn’t bother to mention this to her as she was already self-conscious enough” (Cure by Lemons, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 341).
Category 16 Irrational: In this category females are strange and crazy. They are strange in that they may be the result of experiments and want to become robots or are aliens from outer space. Females are so crazy that they go insane. Irrational
females have thoughts that are totally against normal or rational logic. The following example supports this category, “I was searching for ages and I just couldn’t find it, I went to the café and asked where it was but they just thought I was crazy” (Robot Dad, Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts, 2011, Appendix B, p. 346).
Male categories
Table 13 shows the male categories from Students’ Version 2 Science Fiction Texts (2011, Appendix B, pp. 315-348). There are nine male categories for the Version 2 Texts.