[Glorantha] Initiation for heortling women

> From: "Julian Lord" <julian.lord@gmail.com>
>
> There is IMO no reason whatsoever why an individual female Inititiation
> shouldn't, in unusual individual cases, follow the IFWW instead of the
> usual woman's initiation, based on the appearance of the menses etc...

That is obvious, but it just doesn't cut it for me. If the women don't (usually) partake of Heort's and Hengal's secrets, and don't participate in the IFWW, then they aren't really even heortlings. The courage to face chaos (and understanding of the importance of chaos) seems central to the Heortling worldview, and it's very unsatistying that this would would be a gendered thing.

I guess this must be my MGF moment. I don't see what is gained by women not participating directly in the saving of the universe, and I see a lot to gain if they do.

        -Adept Received on Fri 23 Jun 2006 - 12:26:50 EEST