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> deities at best, constraining women to be 'faux men', wearing
> trousers and in effect 'being men' in the eyes of their society
> rather than being women who are warriors.
These views are pretty strange to me. I just had a female gamer write up a Vingan character for my Heortland game, and the archetype (one of them) I explained to her was that of a "tomboy". A girl who likes to play with the boys, with football and cattleraiding, rather than focusing on the traditional girl-stuff of weaving and learning ernalda's wisdom. It's about temperament more than anything.
> Then there is the suggestion that Vingan women may require to engage
That is past bizarre! If anything vingan's are described in the
offiscial sources as being like modern scandinavian girls. They aren't
yet interested in finding a marriage partner, but have fun with young
men as they please. Vinga is supposed to be a wild young thing, full
of laughter and joy of life.
The ritualized manliness and lesbianism you describe seems like a
really, really strange take of it. I don't get it.
-Adept
> in same sex relationships as a cult stricture.
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