It could be an interesting book. I've never known the existence of total equality (esp in the workplace) and suspect boredom would result. In the name of equality, we're already trying to replace culturals and interbreeding our races. Nothing seems sacred anymore. If we continue the blend, one day, homo sapiens will all be the same. Same color, same dialect, same celebrations, etc. People born into that period will not know what life had been about.

Are they human? If they are, true equality will never exist I'm afraid; biologically it's impossible I was gutted when I made this realisation.

Equal society cannot exist without totalitarianism. And in totalitarianism the rulers and their police are no longer equal to others. It is self-contradictory.

Lincoln55 r raised an interesting point I had just started thinking about after my initial comment. What's the purpose of feminism in an equal society?

I think your strong female characters can and should still be sexy as sex is a part of life. As long as seduction isn't their weapon of choice I don't see why that couldn't work

I think you are on to something here!
And present the occasional misogynist as the aberration?! State funded therapy available?, controversy over housing close to potential victims? Maybe difficulty of a person on a misogynist list getting employment? Or credit?I can see lots of really good twists here !! Keep us updated! Please!

I have been trying to write a scifi novel. I find the more I get into the characters the more they change. I allow this as I want to see where it ends up. All ideas are welcome. Eventually I find that the characters kind of pick through the options and come to be more interesting. Hope this works out. Writing is not my day job and so far I am not published, but I am not really in a hurry, I am more into the development of the story. Is this close to the experiences you are having?

Oh the definitions we need here. Damn those definitions. They snarl. They bite.

Define completely equal society. Bloody hell, define society in your context.

Define femme fatale/mâle fatale as it relates to your society.

Explain how one would exhibit feminism in a positive light in a completely equal society.

One can write about anything. That's the nice thing about having vocabulary and imagination, but what we have here is a cognitive dissonance bomb trying to pull immensely disparate ideas into a cohesive whole.

On the obverse side of this coin, it could be a bestseller because folks would want to read it just to see how the author made the leap without having the editor physically strangle the life out of him or her.

Men have already lost it, we are no longer what you call aggressors, what more do you want us to loose?

Hiya!

Yes, it makes sense. I constantly write down random thoughts for that reason.

Wow. Some complex questions there. I think it all goes back to your world building. The setting is not the narrative - it simply sets the context. In my experience, when you have the context established in your head, the narrative becomes enabled.

Femme fatale? I love them. I love film noir. Male fatale? Why the hell not? Write it and see how it looks.

Abuse. Ah, a tricky one. Personally I don't think gender determines it. Sure, rape is mostly committed by men. But I had a girlfriend who had been in a lesbian relationship which got abusive. So, I go back to the narrative - if you have a good story, and you can draw on your context, you are well on your way.

Best wishes and I hope to see an update.