In the previous writing, Vilaça presented a case that could be proposed as an argument for the idea culture may be a part of nature and may be hard to distinguish from one another. Harraway however, throws the whole nature-culture dilemma out the window by proposing that, at the time of the late 20th century and beyond, nature and culture have become a chimera of sorts and exists as one unique entity. To exemplify this, she uses the metaphor of the cyborg, a science fiction human-machine hybrid popular in 80s and 90s popular culture. The cyborg exists as an interesting being that challenges previous preconceptions of a living organism. Through fairly cryptic writing, Harraway asserts that with the existence of a cyborg, the barriers between man and machine would be broken down, and if such a thing could exist, the boundaries of other dualities are also muddled, for example man and animal (culture and nature respectively). She further proposes that the cyborg, though used mainly as ultra-masculine stereotypes in popular culture and symbolism, may be reclaimed by feminists to foster joint kinship between the dualities and allow a wider perspective.