On 29 July 2015 at 00:25, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote:

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:05:00PM +1000, Brett Kruger wrote:
> "In general, wives (like land) tend to be apportioned according to
> the social level of the male. Lower-class families usually consist
> of a male with a single wife, while upper-class families may have
> several wives married to a single male. It is rare for more than
> four or five wives to be found in any one family (a good way to
> establish this is to roll 1D - 1 when constructing a family unit)."

Funny!  I could see it almost exactly the opposite way around: a rich
wife can acquire and support a husband by themselves, with all the
associated military expenditures and maintenance of land-related
operations.  Poorer ones may have to make do with pooling their
resources with other women to support a male -- and generally one of
lower status.

​ There are very few species on Earth where females are dominant

It is all about culture of course, but AFAIK Amazons were entirely fictional.

GregC ​

 

This is of course totally contrary to canon, but it's interesting how
the conclusions vary simply due to what angle you look at things from.


- Tim
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