When he says that he came from the past, the women do not disbelieve him, but comment that experimentation in time travel has been discontinued, since they want no disturbance from the males in the past. From this, Bayers learns that the future society is a gynecocracy. After the second war an international league was set up with a governing body, prohibition of war, international support measures, and a general socialist approach. By 1998 the members of the congress were overwhelmingly women, who then established a feminist government. Over the course of time genetic engineering increased the size and strength of women and diminished the height of men to about five feet.
Men now live as pampered pets or tolerated second class citizens who have no say about anything.
Fortunately, Bayers's time machine is concealed, so that the women cannot destroy it. Bayers conforms externally to the new world, although, as later becomes obvious, he does not know everything that is going on. Meeting some of the future males, who are small, weak creatures, he becomes involved in an underground movement and agrees to help them gain freedom. With this control center in their power, the men hope to win an equal share in the government. Bayers intends to do his part, but who is in charge of the control center but the beautiful Editha of the time sphere, who scornfully tells him that his attempt would have been useless because of safeguards.