What are the motifs in Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman?

Conversion is a recurring idea. Vandyck Jennings is the narrator of Herland. A sociologist, Vandyck's viewpoint represents many of the prevailing social myths that the author seeks to debunk, namely, that women are physiologically inferior beings. Vandyck represents the rationalist, "scientific" viewpoint of the Victorian era, with all its shortcomings. One of the great myths of science is that it is an impartial study of the natural world, and that all scientific conclusions are dispassionately equitable. This is certainly the intent of science.