However, the women there are not the timid, submissive, weak, and primitive creatures they expected, nor are the men themselves treated as the conquering heroes they imagined themselves to be. After making the necessary preparations and armed with the latest technology (namely an airplane that can take them over the mountains that protect Herland), the three men successfully discover this lost civilization. The three men learn of Herland from natives in a mysterious and largely unmapped country these natives claim that there is a dangerous country full of women and that men who go to find it disappear without a trace. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist utopia novel Herland follows three American men- Van (the narrator), Jeff, and Terry-in the early 1910s as they discover and learn about the legendary Herland, an ancient civilization made up entirely of women who have not seen any men or other outsiders in over 2,000 years.
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