"The point is, Mac, they'll never find out. They're Second System colonists. You know how the Colonization Board works. Planet A colonizes planet B. Planet B colonizes planet C. Given a suitable number of generations, the people on planet C will never have seen people from planet A. Earth is planet A. The colony planets to which the women were sent are all planet Cs.
"You see, the catch is that the colonists will have no basis on which to make comparisons. They've never seen women from Earth!"
"I still don't like it. They have seen women from other planets. After taking a look at the last shipload of females that left Earth, I'm still worried."
Escher laughed. "That's because you haven't seen some of the colony women, Mac. Tell me, what is the most cultured and socially up-to-date plane
