True, but I suspect some of that is the effect of RW sexism having a kind of reverse effect. "All I've ever done is cook and childcare" (because it's all I've been allowed) "therefore it must be a worthwhile thing to do and you shouldn't want anything better". Sour grapes effect. At least, that's why that idea only seems to work one way in the RW.
Of course, in Glorantha there's the point that the traditional female role is much wider and more responsible - keeping the family fed and clothed requires a bit more than a trip to the supermarket. So the women who suggest that messing around with less important things (like trading, law-speaking etc) is a waste of valuable time are to some extent correct.
> There's plenty of sexism in Heortling society, it's just not the
> sexism which developed during the industrial revolution on the
> basis of Roman Christianity. It's the sexism of tradition based
> on solutions to practical problems.
And therefore isn't sexism, since that implies *unfair* discrimination.
> There's a lot of farm work
> which requires brute strength and mass. Certainly women can do it
> but the average woman is less efficent than the average man so it
> becomes men's work.
I just realised something on that. I'm not sure I can spot the feat in HQ, but do you remember which RQ cult supplied the "Strength" spell? Hint, female, begins with "E". Mass? who's got the spells for making things heavier? Where does endurance magic come from?
> Equally pregnancy and breast feeding tie women
> to the stead so they tend to specialise in work that can be done
> there.
And in things that require a lot of dexterity - fine sewing, spinning, weaving. Same thing, some men can do it, but the average is biased in favour of women.
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