RUR Gender Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Act.Paragraph)

Quote #10

PRIMUS: They are formulae.

HELENA: I don't understand. (3.147-148)

This is Helena the robot talking here. But for some reason, even though she's a robot, she can't understand math. You could even argue that her inability to understand math is what makes her female, and therefore human. R.U.R. again sometimes condemns sexism—and then sometimes it seems to think that, without sexism, humans can't be humans, and the race will perish.