Feminism Presented in Left Hand of Darkness

In the Socratic Seminar we just did, the subject of feminism aroused my attention. Ms. Fletcher made the point that Le Guin uses the people of Gethen's same sexness to show that females should be treated equally with men. However, I contend that Ursula wasn't trying to convince us that women should have the same jobs and that men should be equally responsible for childrearing, but was simply showing what a society would be like if we were all the same sex or had the opportunity to change gender roles readily. I do believe Le Guin is concerned about the treatment of females. She writes that men have a lot more freedom than women. However, while females do have less time to become CEOs or presidents due to childbirth and the constraints that brings, she misses the fact that while females have different roles in society, their roles are no lesser than males and should be kept in high regard.
If I were to follow Le Guin's logic, then I could contend that males are the ones with less freedom. Males have absolutely no freedom to bear a child, a privilege reserved only for their female counterparts, while females do have the ability to achieve anything a man can.  She, as well as many feminists out there, simply forget that childbearing is one of the most important roles in society and whoever does it should be applauded. She believes that a respectable women should strive for power and wealth and forgets that while women can do this, their natural role of Birthing isn't one we should see as lower than a running a company.

Some Feminists make the moral fallacy of  seeing the role CEO as more desirable and more honorable than the role of a mother. Obviously, being a mother is exponentially more respectable.

LHOD Questions

I'm just writing this to get my present thoughts down and to see if any of you guys have answers to them. I've been reading LHOD and some questions arose. I was wondering if anyone knows what Dothe is and what the mechanics of it is. From why I gather its a form of super strength (?) but I don't really understand when it can be used or what it actually does to the body. Also I was confused on Genly's movements. When he visits the foretellers, is he in Kharhide? Thanks in advance if you can clear these things up for me.