- In ImmoderateGloranthaQuest_at_yahoogroups.com, Alison Place
<alison_place_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- oswaldtrimling <oswaldtrimling_at_...> wrote:
> > Pre-Lunar Dara Happa is a slightly different kettle
> of sausages. I
> > don't think I'd much fancy living there, especially
> if I were female -
> > Sartar might well be a better bet. But, since the
> triumph of the
> > Lunars, that's no longer generally a problem.
>
> You must be joking. DH women of good family still
> enter a harem as soon as a decent marriage can be
> arranged for them. I'm willing to bet that very few
> of them are liberated by the Lunar egalitarianism.
> That's a very conservative society, and all proper
> Dendarans know how to behave properly and modestly.
Granted, but at least the alternative now exists, and is strongly
endorsed by the state, so those who really want it can obtain more
freedom. IMG, though, many Dara Happan women would rather stay true to
their roots, and stick with their old religion rather than this
new-fangled one with the dodgy ethics.
And 'harem'? I kind of got the impression that they were monogamous,
and didn't approve of that sort of thing. But I may not have read GRoY
recently enough...