By the 1970s and 80s, the feminist movement began to claw its way into genre fiction. Writers and directors started asking a radical question: What if the space damsel saved herself?
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As the genre matured, writers began to dismantle the "simpering space damsel" archetype. The trope evolved in several key ways: The Competent Professional By the 1970s and 80s, the feminist movement