(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.)
Again: "Nunh status does not equate to leadership within a tribe, and in fact, very few nunh ever become leaders."
This does not suggest that being a nunh comes with any innate influence beyond the fact that he gets to be the father of all the kids. It's unfortunate that the U tribe in-game completely contradicts Squeenix's own statement on Seeker lore, but we have to assume that the U tribe is one of those outlier tribes.
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