Books

*Neuromancer by William gibson is crazy dark and is the book which started the cyberpunk genre.

The forever war by Joe Hadleman is cynical but not totally dark, still has some awesome dystopic themes which have not lost their power over he years. Hard to say if it could be read as critical of current gender ideology or in support of it.

If you've ever thought about getting into the 40k universe Dan Abnett is great and his writing of female characters gets better over the years.

Alastair Reynolds and peter f Hamilton mention many societies in their space operas and generally have a pretty grim, imo realistic, view of human nature and how it might follow us to the stars.

Brave new world is an interesting concept for those who like dyspotic worlds. IMHO not a great book, still worth a read.