absolutely one of the best moments in left hand of darkness is when one of the ekumen's scientists is theorizing as to why there's never been a war on gethen and is like "is it because they're dual-sexed there? because they lack the masculine urge for violence, or the sexual differentiation to sort people into victim class and aggressor class?" and then a paragraph later they're like "actually now that i think about it it's probably because it's so fucking cold here that nobody can afford to fight a war when there's ice to survive through"
