Genre as a recognised set of conventions and iconography categorises literature according to their

features and specific ideologies, which shift and expand to accommodate for the changing values of
the context. This constant flux is especially evident in Science fiction, which presupposes
estrangement from the values and social principles that we are familiar with, often with the
introduction of new spaces or technologies. Science fiction is valued because it often criticises values
of the composer’s own context, as they are projected into the society built to deal with such
changes. One such text that reflects this aspect of the science fiction genre is the Stepford wives. By
introducing new technology in the form of robots and artificial intelligence into a contemporary
society, director SOME MAN illustrates how the moral constructs of the fictional town of Stepford
accommodate for the way this technology is used. The use of robots creates another aspect of
science fiction in the exploration of the ideal characteristics of a human being, or more particularly a
woman, and the analysis of the way technology is taken to a degree at which it is in control of
human beings.