Talk:Rough Neighborhood/@comment-67.184.143.17-20161116211247/@comment-81.101.141.179-20180108143619

You are missing the point, this is not saying that there is no strong female characters, it is about the society being anti empowering. Take Calanthe- everyone thought she was badass and a great queen but she was still forced to marry because the nation fancied a king, a sole female ruler was not well accepted. The main thing known to people about Francesca is that she looked pretty, where's the power in that? Now I'm not saying she isn't powerful, but the way she is portrayed by people is not empowering. Milva mentioned multiple times how she had to fight to convince people shad skill and was worth anything, because everyone made assumptions. Same with Cerys- it was mentioned multiple times that people respected her but wouldn't want a female queen. And even the lodge had no overt power, right from the start they knew they must hide behind the ruling kings to have any impact (that's obviously for other reasons too but still). So the comment about men's lion share of power in that universe is totally accurate.