They are a warrior culture with their entire society dedicated to fighting a war against the Shadow, where defeat has immediate catastrophic consequences. They need every able body they can get and the bottleneck in the production of able bodies is uteruses. Protecting the women is absolutely vital to survival of the next generation, and that is why men are raised to see it as crucial to their honor. That trait is referred to as a Borderland trait by Moiraine in her farewell letter to Rand, Borderlanders are seen as good warders by the Aes Sedai, according to Moiraine's conversation with Cadsuane in New Spring (it is not the warrior issue, as other cultures produce skilled and deadly fighting men, who are NOT raised to believe that defending their homeland is the most important thing ever - Borderlander warriors seem less likely to go abroad to follow a sister around; the whole protecting women mindset probably fits right in with what they want in a bodyguard), and we see that the Malkieri have similar attitudes towards protecting women. The sole possible exception might be the Saldean women accompanying their men on campaign, but even they don't go into the Blight, and Davram Bashere seems to think that civil war such as we see in Andor is highly undesirable in the Borderlands, so it might be that taking the women on campaign elsewhere is a limiting factor in war. In other words - you don't fight a war so deadly that you wouldn't want your wife to be there, and you don't go all out in slaughtering your enemy, because you'll end up committing the horrific sin of killing women.
Cannoli
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
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
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What about male-only organizations?
19/09/2009 02:00:55 PM
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Yeah, Aiel warrior societies.
19/09/2009 03:44:36 PM
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Women are probably not up to the functions of the other societies physically.
21/09/2009 06:10:14 AM
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Hm, you never do see a female Whitecloak. Do they ever talk about why?
20/09/2009 04:11:30 PM
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I was taking you seriously
19/09/2009 03:29:16 PM
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So a post has to be ALL humor or none? I was kidding on the square anyway.
21/09/2009 06:13:40 AM
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No question.
19/09/2009 08:43:47 PM
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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
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Re: Well the Amadicia thing is really just a function of the channeling...
28/09/2009 06:24:19 PM
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The ogier all have masculine features.
19/09/2009 09:06:14 PM
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Do you have anything against paragraphs? *NM*
20/09/2009 10:03:48 PM
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I agree, but I also think there is a purpose.
21/09/2009 03:43:45 AM
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I think the Shienaran custom of protecting women is both patronizing and submissive ATST. *NM*
21/09/2009 02:33:58 PM
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There's actual cultural reasons for that.
23/09/2009 04:25:52 AM
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