Re: Altertantive Gender Roles

From: Greg Stafford <Greg_at_gVydvU7noPjckR9O2CCvVDapX-x6xGc3y5cjjvY1mPIwFo-EAWeD-n1DJHcu3nlEXg8ZvGw>
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:18:15 -0700

YGWV Quoting Michael Hitchens <michaelh_at_gz2kcSnpa7AfW2BCNyntTkY0kABCRFbiG2o3V-9en4eJvyjXZ_Uf_EF7YzeYs3w522g84loFEMc7SQmaBA0VDg.yahoo.invalid>:

> 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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