A Comparative Study of Patriarchal Oppression and Objectification of Humans and Robots in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation and Robot series

Abstract: This work adopts a feminist perspective to analyse and compare the patriarchal oppression and objectification of humans and robots in the Foundation universe. It analyses the relationships between males and females, between humans from different social and cultural backgrounds, and between humans and robots. The study attempts to capture changes that span a long period and multiple locations, exploring how those changes are triggered by different forms of patriarchal oppression and objectification. This essay concludes that various forms of patriarchal oppression and objectification exist in the beginning but start slowly disintegrating as humanity, guided by robots, move towards a greater goal of establishing a better society.