The Left Hand of Darkness

I would say that the main experimentation taking place in The Left Hand of Darkness is the idea of an almost sexless culture. It's definitely a bizarre though to us raised in the sexually split America. The people of Gethen only become sexual at a single point in time can become either sex. This way throughout the story the people of Gethen do not suffer from the downfalls of split sex. There is no discrimination of sex and there is no apparent power struggle between sexes. Responsibilities are split straight down the middle. This is absolutely not how our world works, or at least not how it is viewed. In our world someone might be treated as an object because of their sex, their abilities in a certain action might be judged beforehand, without any time for them to demonstrate any abilities. The power struggle is all too real in the world we live in. We actually live in a country where the fact that a women might become president is a novelty that might set apart her candidacy from others. This would not happen in the society created within the novel. The absence of sexuality takes out these struggles which we fate. At the same time it is important to note that it also takes out a lot of sex. Sex is an activity that most people would agree is beneficial. So although the pain of sexuality is removed in this experiment so is most of the fun. It's truly a double edged sword.