Very good update, as usual!
- the priviliged gender
- responsible for everything that goes wrong on the earth
- plotting to keep women in chains
- etc.
while falling back on some variation of "I'm just a tinsy helpless girl" whenever called to actually take equal responsibilty.
The women in your story are more like Queen Elisabeth, Tsarina Catherine, Court Lady Choi or Empress Wu: Strong, capable & ruthless, while neither needing nor asking for any speacial treatment.
I would call your alternate earch to be matriarchic not feminist. If it was feminist then even though women are in complete control they'd still claim men are:Amona said:
- the priviliged gender
- responsible for everything that goes wrong on the earth
- plotting to keep women in chains
- etc.
while falling back on some variation of "I'm just a tinsy helpless girl" whenever called to actually take equal responsibilty.
The women in your story are more like Queen Elisabeth, Tsarina Catherine, Court Lady Choi or Empress Wu: Strong, capable & ruthless, while neither needing nor asking for any speacial treatment.