We know from past history and a few asides that there have been Aes Sedai, bound by the Oath Rod who married and had children. There was an Aes Sedai from past history who was used as an example of the extreme obedience the Tower expects from it's initiates - she married and had a child with a man she hated by the order of the Tower. Lan himself mentions to Nynaeve that "Aes Sedai marry as seldom as Wisdoms...", and Elayne herself doesn't think it would be considered shocking for her to be pregnant and an Aes Sedai. Yes, it is the overall culture that is against childbearing, for some very good reasons, but this is one case where little is said about this because it was really up to an individual Aes Sedai. She could very well marry her Warder, have children, retire or go into a voluntary retreat for 30-40 years to raise them, and then return afterwards. There is quite a lot that is implied but no specifically said - Aes Sedai have apparently run orphanages and done other charitable works requiring a lot of their time, but this doesn't really enter into a series about war and battle.
So I think this has more to do with the Aes Sedais' culture, as orius and others have said. The urge is there, but the women who tend to become Aes Sedai are also independent and not really given to being satisfied with being a wife or dealing with children.
So I think this has more to do with the Aes Sedais' culture, as orius and others have said. The urge is there, but the women who tend to become Aes Sedai are also independent and not really given to being satisfied with being a wife or dealing with children.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
Does the Oath Rod destroy the urge to procreate?
01/10/2010 07:23:43 AM
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It's more the overall culture of the AS, I think
01/10/2010 09:12:25 AM
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BUT this didnt stop Aes Sedai in the AoL
01/10/2010 02:58:22 PM
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Almost none of those reasons applied in the AoL, so what's your point?
01/10/2010 03:20:59 PM
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Point is
01/10/2010 03:33:41 PM
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the real reason is that having a bunch of AS babies running around would be a plot inconvenience *NM*
02/10/2010 06:15:01 PM
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The answer is very simple. The WT discourages AS from having families as it distracts for being AS
03/10/2010 01:08:30 AM
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OTOH, maybe they're all just post-menopausal *NM*
03/10/2010 06:53:34 AM
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I hope they all had good hormones... Try and imagine 1000 women going through the "change" at once
03/10/2010 04:12:57 PM
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Which were their ages before they swore.
11/10/2010 06:53:19 PM
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Probably not. But then they are much older. We know the Slowing happens starting in most women's
12/10/2010 01:43:50 AM
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The Aes Sedai murder all their initiates who don't agree with "Tower uber alles"
01/10/2010 02:11:29 PM
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Interesting...but no.
06/10/2010 01:58:28 PM
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no but your questions do *NM*
10/10/2010 05:38:41 PM
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I dunno, I think I got wood. No, wait... Its Rigor Mortis. (sorry, too funny to keep to myself) *NM*
11/10/2010 01:32:17 AM
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