> On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, donald_at_Z7NUiVOuVGQKRB0YeB0W0Y8riftbktcoRGfeCZqtCKrBTclfX2JGHaFNqPYb7Fdwbw7KKGQ3iR2o0UEt2ABIw5w.yahoo.invalid wrote:
> Fair enough - I'd been mising that refernce to Orlanthcarl etc in my
> re-reading of Vinga. But then I ask does the "men in women's bodies"
> quotes apply just to the Vingan warriors or to all Vingans?
All.
> Becuase I think that most Vingans would be farmers (like most Orlanthi
> men) not full time warriors.
Maybe, but probably not.
> Because I see a real problem with the prohibition of Vingans and pregnancy
> - it's saying that if you are a woman and want to be a *farmer* you can't
> get pregnant. I can't see that sense in that.
Correct.
> I can see it for a warrior - real slows you down in combat. But lots
> of pregnant women in the real world work in the fields, so why the
> prohibition?
Think Heler.
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