No Charge for Alterations by HL Gold « Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction

Some of the colonists on Deneb need an attitude adjustment.

Title: No Charge for ALterations

Author: H.L. Gold

Length: short story

First Publication: Amazing Stories, 1953

What the Story is About: Some of the colonists on Deneb need an attitude adjustment. The blurb:

“Wanta know what’s wrong with women these days? Spoiled! The whole kit and kaboodle of ‘em. They want to sing in nightclubs and hook up with some millionaire and wear beautiful clothes. Housework is something for gadgets to take care of, with maids to run the gadgets. Afraid to get a few calluses on their dainty hands!

“We got a way to handle that on Deneb. A girl gets highfalutin up there, the Doc puts her in the Ego Alter room. Thicken up her ankles a little, take some of the sparkle out of her eyes and hair, and you get a woman fit to pull a plow!”
Hold it, Madam! H. L. Gold said that; not us. Personally, we like girls—not Percherons!

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