At 12:58 PM +0000 1/17/06, Jane Williams wrote:
> > >The irony is, after all, that whatever the reasons
>> for their >invasion and whatever the obvious
>> atricities and blunders of their >occupation, the
>> Lunars really do offer a much more equal role for
>> >women...
>>
>> Within my Red Cow game (we are at end 1605) the
>> narrator characters within the clan who have 'turned
>> to the Moon' within the last year have been women,
>> attracted by the promise of 'We are all us' that the
>> goddess offers, and the escape from poor domestic
>> situations or hitting a 'glass ceiling' in
>> advancement. Remember that many Heortling clans are
>> patriachal.
>
>And this looks like more evidence that Glorantha is
>sliding away from being a fun place to game in, back
>to "all historical RW societies we know of are sexist,
>therefore so is this one". Which is a terrible idea,
>and seems to be happening without people noticing.
>Trying out the interesting new experience of living in
>a sexist society - isn't. Unless you're male,
>presumably. Let's not wreck the place for gaming in
>unless there's a reason to do so.
Of course it works for those of us in a Lunar campaign. PC can all
come from the more gender neutral Lunar society and the feminist
aspect is something that sets the Lunar Way apart....
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