I haven't a clue, but the obvious layman's assumption is that a man who takes such a concentrated dose of female hormones every day will become feminised, developing various female secondary sexual characteristics.
By analogy, a man who somehow manages to be accepted as a worshipper of a "women-only" goddess might well find himself physically changing over time (becoming more closely identified with his goddess) - although I'd think that an actual change of sex would need Hero-level intervention, or the kind of surgery favoured by Gorgorma worshippers. (ouch).
Compare the way non-Uz can become initiates of Kyger Litor. Once you become her worshipper, you *are* a troll, whatever species you were previously.
Roderick and Ellen Robertson:
>Every single follower of Vinga is a woman. Not "orlanthi all", not "yelmic
>all", every single one.
That's right. If you worship Vinga, you are, *by definition*, a
woman...
;-)
Another thought regarding contraception: on Earth, a strong mythical connection was often drawn between the Moon's 28-day cycle and that of women. Does anything similar exist on Glorantha? It'd be nice to think that the rhythm method will *always* work for female initiates of Lunar cults, since their fertility has become intimately linked to the cycles of the Red Moon. That could help explain why the Lunar religion was initially so popular among women: giving them control over their fertility without having to join a cult like Babs G that denies their femininity.
Stephen
End of The Glorantha Digest V8 #216
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