tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704985521814429917.post7126722574730990978..comments2023-11-03T03:30:26.920-07:00Comments on E.L. Wagner's Umbral Musings: Female Warriors in FantasyE.L. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05631080231126783838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704985521814429917.post-68096799011176431602013-07-11T02:14:26.160-07:002013-07-11T02:14:26.160-07:00Have you read this article?
http://aidanmoher.co...Have you read this article?<br /><br /> http://aidanmoher.com/blog/featured-article/2013/05/we-have-always-fought-challenging-the-women-cattle-and-slaves-narrative-by-kameron-hurley/<br /><br />It's really interesting, because it provides some evidence that women did in fact step outside their proscribed roles far more often than we were taught in our history classes. The occasional female warrior in a man's world may actually be more realistic, from a historic perspective, than a fully egalitarian pre-industrial society.E.L. Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631080231126783838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704985521814429917.post-63045544874909884152013-06-05T12:35:27.098-07:002013-06-05T12:35:27.098-07:00This is always an interesting subject but I'm ...This is always an interesting subject but I'm not sure I agree that you can fit women warriors into any fantasy society that isn't an egalitarian one, therefore not one with kings, primogeniture and gods. Women just don't have the esteem to occupy top rated jobs like warrior. By all means have female warriors when everything else is equal, but the token female in armour when the rest of the female population is stuck in front of the stove or in a harem doesn't seem realistic to me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com