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Well the Amadicia thing is really just a function of the channeling. The Children are like the Reds Cannoli Send a noteboard - 21/09/2009 07:10:16 AM
Amacidia for 2 reasons.

1. Female channelers are treated the worst here, even worse than Tear. At least Tear tolerates channelers as along as they don't channel.

2. Amacidia is ruled by the Children. I personally have never seen one women in the Children's rank (though if I'm wrong, please correct me).


Name a female military officer who held her rank before Elayne formed her bodyguard. It is not unique to the Children, and is, in fact, universal. Even the Aiel with their female warriors, and the Sea Folk whose women presumably fight alongside the men to defend the ship, do not have female commanders, and by their societal rules and customs, may NOT have female commanders. If the wetlands ever had women joining the military at large, I don't see any block to female commanders, like among the Aiel or Sea Folk, where a woman cannot be a chief of Cargomaster.

Amadicia believes channeling is evil, not because of the gender, but because of the act itself. Suggesting that their hatred of channeling is a symptom or indicator of misogyny is like saying that the Red Ajah hunts male channelers because they hate men. Nynaeve and the Ebou Dari Wise Women actually JUSTIFY the positions of the Amadicians vis a vis male-only doctors - channelers DO pass themselves off as ordinary medical practioners and herbalists, and refusing to let them practice their trade curtails one way for channelers to operate in Amadicia under the cover of an innocent profession. In how many other professions can a channeler cover her channeling as something mundane?
Cannoli
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What do you consider to be the most pro-masculine culture/country in WoT? The most anti-female? - 19/09/2009 07:32:03 AM 1443 Views
I would say Tear. - 19/09/2009 08:08:18 AM 874 Views
I guess it's a toss up between Tear, Illian and Amador - 19/09/2009 12:28:24 PM 840 Views
What about male-only organizations? - 19/09/2009 02:00:55 PM 785 Views
Yeah, Aiel warrior societies. - 19/09/2009 03:44:36 PM 880 Views
Hm, you never do see a female Whitecloak. Do they ever talk about why? - 20/09/2009 04:11:30 PM 832 Views
Distrust of women because they hate channelers, IMHO. - 21/09/2009 03:47:43 AM 868 Views
Sort of the reverse of the attitudes I talked about below - 21/09/2009 07:21:05 PM 714 Views
Yeah, I'd go with the military thing. - 21/09/2009 05:45:47 AM 700 Views
The Asha'man are less prejudiced than the Tower. - 21/09/2009 05:48:43 AM 760 Views
I was taking you seriously - 19/09/2009 03:29:16 PM 786 Views
Amadicia - 19/09/2009 07:28:43 PM 882 Views
I'll go with Amadicia, as well. - 23/09/2009 07:36:10 PM 616 Views
No question. - 19/09/2009 08:43:47 PM 860 Views
Well the Amadicia thing is really just a function of the channeling. The Children are like the Reds - 21/09/2009 07:10:16 AM 665 Views
The ogier all have masculine features. - 19/09/2009 09:06:14 PM 889 Views
Re: The ogier all have masculine features. - 19/09/2009 11:54:54 PM 740 Views
I'm not sure the Dark One can be called male... - 20/09/2009 12:27:56 AM 783 Views
Re: I'm not sure the Dark One can be called male... - 20/09/2009 06:43:09 AM 968 Views
Re: The ogier all have masculine features. - 25/09/2009 05:25:49 AM 624 Views
Re: The ogier all have masculine features. - 13/10/2009 09:01:27 AM 728 Views
Ahhhh wall of text! Some good points, though - 20/09/2009 04:04:48 PM 765 Views
Do you have anything against paragraphs? *NM* - 20/09/2009 10:03:48 PM 330 Views
White space is space with no words in it. Wasted. *NM* - 21/09/2009 07:10:41 AM 304 Views
Whitespaceisspacewithnowordsinit.Wasted.Thereifixeditforyou. - 01/10/2009 01:55:21 PM 683 Views
I agree, but I also think there is a purpose. - 21/09/2009 03:43:45 AM 718 Views
Oh, I wasn't criticizing this phenomenom, just noting it. - 21/09/2009 06:17:34 AM 809 Views
that's why they deserve 3 male taveren - 21/09/2009 05:10:52 PM 722 Views
Re: Oh, I wasn't criticizing this phenomenom, just noting it. - 21/09/2009 06:59:36 PM 858 Views
I think the Shienaran custom of protecting women is both patronizing and submissive ATST. *NM* - 21/09/2009 02:33:58 PM 767 Views
There's actual cultural reasons for that. - 23/09/2009 04:25:52 AM 655 Views
Far Madding, Elayne's bodyguards, and Tar Valon *NM* - 21/09/2009 07:40:09 PM 336 Views
Amadicia, and possibly the Borderlands - 13/10/2009 08:19:11 AM 799 Views

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