(11-19-2013, 02:22 PM)Mysth Wrote:(11-19-2013, 02:08 PM)shotgunbadger Wrote: Obviously a Nunh has influence, and is respected, but control isn't inherent in the position.Isn't this a contradiction?
I mean, I get that in a society of 10-50♀/1♂ ratio that there is no way that all the decision and influence will reside with the male gender, but if there is inherent influences in being male (creation a new tribe/family/leader like the U tribe/teacher and authority/passing one's name), as well having the entire society shaped around "patriarchs" (a Nunh by any other name...), couldn't they be considered Eorzea's equivalent of patriarchy? (And not the more familiar patriarchy of our world. I'm arguing from a Watsonian rather than Doylist point of view here.)
A Nunh who proves worthy of respect can easily get it, but they don't respect him because he's a Nunh, they respect him for, say, hunting a major animal or something. Nunh have influence just by being breeding males, but there's not a ton they can DO with it. Like, they can say 'hey lady we're gonna bone down' and that's about it. Actual power comes from hunts and battle and all, and a tia or a female is just as allowed to participate in those. Simply due to the process of becoming a Nunh there's most likely good odds the dude breeding is also a good hunter or fighter, but it's a personal achievement rather than one of rank.
