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Yeah, I'd go with the military thing. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 21/09/2009 05:45:47 AM

1. Whitecloaks
2. Ash'aman
3. Stone dogs?

That's pretty pro-masculine if you ask me.



They don't seem misogynistic. Could it just be a strength-of-arms thing? Barring the Aiel (who are all super deadly tough-as-nails folk), and the women of Two Rivers in tSR for some weird reason, most non-channeling women in WoT aren't very soldier-like.

It could just be that we only see Whitecloak soldiers, and 99.9% of soldiers in this setting are men. The few women who do want to kill stuff with sharp objects have become hunters for the Horn, or Elayne's bodyguards, or knife experts.


Elayne's bodyguards are the only female soldiers this side of Seanchan. The Maidens are warriors, not soldiers, and they are mainly used for scouting or torture. The Children are almost exclusively soldiers, so they would not have a lot of women.
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What do you consider to be the most pro-masculine culture/country in WoT? The most anti-female? Cannoli - 19/09/2009 07:32:03 AM 1482 Views
I would say Tear. AliasRY - 19/09/2009 08:08:18 AM 911 Views
I guess it's a toss up between Tear, Illian and Amador rAndy aL - 19/09/2009 12:28:24 PM 876 Views
What about male-only organizations? Sidious - 19/09/2009 02:00:55 PM 817 Views
Yeah, Aiel warrior societies. Darth_Katie - 19/09/2009 03:44:36 PM 910 Views
Women are probably not up to the functions of the other societies physically. Cannoli - 21/09/2009 06:10:14 AM 707 Views
Hm, you never do see a female Whitecloak. Do they ever talk about why? beetnemesis - 20/09/2009 04:11:30 PM 871 Views
Distrust of women because they hate channelers, IMHO. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 03:47:43 AM 906 Views
Sort of the reverse of the attitudes I talked about below beetnemesis - 21/09/2009 07:21:05 PM 750 Views
Yeah, I'd go with the military thing. Cannoli - 21/09/2009 05:45:47 AM 738 Views
The Asha'man are less prejudiced than the Tower. Cannoli - 21/09/2009 05:48:43 AM 798 Views
I was taking you seriously Darth_Katie - 19/09/2009 03:29:16 PM 822 Views
So a post has to be ALL humor or none? I was kidding on the square anyway. Cannoli - 21/09/2009 06:13:40 AM 770 Views
Amadicia Fanatic-Templar - 19/09/2009 07:28:43 PM 918 Views
I'll go with Amadicia, as well. RugbyPlayingAshaman - 23/09/2009 07:36:10 PM 646 Views
No question. LordPerrin - 19/09/2009 08:43:47 PM 894 Views
Well the Amadicia thing is really just a function of the channeling. The Children are like the Reds Cannoli - 21/09/2009 07:10:16 AM 703 Views
Re: Well the Amadicia thing is really just a function of the channeling... Lohikaarme - 28/09/2009 06:24:19 PM 735 Views
The ogier all have masculine features. BlackAdder - 19/09/2009 09:06:14 PM 921 Views
Re: The ogier all have masculine features. Heiko - 19/09/2009 11:54:54 PM 778 Views
I'm not sure the Dark One can be called male... Napoleon62 - 20/09/2009 12:27:56 AM 822 Views
Re: I'm not sure the Dark One can be called male... BlackAdder - 20/09/2009 06:43:09 AM 1004 Views
Re: The ogier all have masculine features. Maniacalgleam - 25/09/2009 05:25:49 AM 657 Views
Re: The ogier all have masculine features. Orlin_Artemi - 13/10/2009 09:01:27 AM 774 Views
Ahhhh wall of text! Some good points, though beetnemesis - 20/09/2009 04:04:48 PM 798 Views
Do you have anything against paragraphs? *NM* Vidarfe - 20/09/2009 10:03:48 PM 344 Views
White space is space with no words in it. Wasted. *NM* Cannoli - 21/09/2009 07:10:41 AM 318 Views
Whitespaceisspacewithnowordsinit.Wasted.Thereifixeditforyou. rAndy aL - 01/10/2009 01:55:21 PM 724 Views
I agree, but I also think there is a purpose. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 03:43:45 AM 754 Views
Oh, I wasn't criticizing this phenomenom, just noting it. Cannoli - 21/09/2009 06:17:34 AM 845 Views
that's why they deserve 3 male taveren blue1 - 21/09/2009 05:10:52 PM 755 Views
Re: Oh, I wasn't criticizing this phenomenom, just noting it. Seriana Sedai - 21/09/2009 06:59:36 PM 936 Views
I think the Shienaran custom of protecting women is both patronizing and submissive ATST. *NM* AgentOrange - 21/09/2009 02:33:58 PM 783 Views
There's actual cultural reasons for that. Cannoli - 23/09/2009 04:25:52 AM 692 Views
Far Madding, Elayne's bodyguards, and Tar Valon *NM* Lanfear - 21/09/2009 07:40:09 PM 349 Views
Amadicia, and possibly the Borderlands Orlin_Artemi - 13/10/2009 08:19:11 AM 830 Views
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