This article makes no sense, and there are absolutely no sources for the Roman ritual prohibition thing. Even if there would have been, the author implies that just because women participated in different rituals they were treated equally in the entire span of history. And it also goes full conspiracy theory with the "WIMMINZ WERE STONK AND INDEPENDENT BEFORE EVIL RAPIST WHITE MALES OUSTED THEM FROM HISTORY", as if there would have been no texts written about significant contributions of women in the span of thousands of years if there were (Mind you, I'm not saying women aren't incapable of doing significant things, they were just kept down until recently).
Please keep this garbage propaganda out of here.
PS: Decided to have further jabs at this.
Different does not mean better.
To the Romans blood sacrifice was certainly more noteworthy than pasty-sacrifice, imbecile author.
History is imperfect, and biased, and it always, always has omissions
Yeah, no. Interpretations of history and political narratives, just like the one presented here, are.
Okay, those are science fiction, but fantasy does not have to be hamstrung by the social conventions of the past.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED PHYSICAL STRENGTH WHEN YOU SHOOT LASERS, BUT YOU NEED IT WHEN YOU SWING A SWORD. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Or, you know, you could read some actual history, because for all its patriarchal leanings
OP was caught red-handed
And you know, if your political system is inherently and essentially misogynist and that is essential to your worldbuilding, then throwing a few women into that system to see what cracks first is actually the most interesting thing you could do.
No, no it isn't. It's just a way to hamfist politics into art.
FEMALE CHARACTERS ARE GOING TO HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT THAT.
I dunno, if women's opinions are so well stifled in the Middle East, then doing that in a fantasy world is as feasible as women being equal to men.
the most interesting thing you can do is throw women at that system, to see where the cracks are.
No, no it's not. The most interesting thing to do is to examine how life would be in such a society whether it would imply throwing women at it or not.