How exactly did longbows, known for requiring significant arm strength, end up becoming the Default Female Protagonist Weapon? Is it just Hunger Games?
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(This is where we run into arguments about heteronormativity, cisnormativity, etc. The social roles of "men" and "women" are built around the idea of uteri as a resource to be controlled, one that biology to a degree reflects)
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I think you are right. Alas a medieval person would probably have phrased it as sth like "keeping the order how God intended it". Unfortunately this particular "Idea" stayed with humanity since the beginning of history and never gets lost, no matter how often it's disproven.
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Some people did go against it in some places. The Scythians and Parthians notably fielded women as well as men in their armies. It’s where the Greek myth of the Amazons comes from. Japanese noblewomen were also often trained as warriors to serve as house guards or even soldiers.
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i mean, isn't this the point of We Have Always Fought there have been women fighting in wars for as long as there have been wars it's just that the patriarchy is generally pretty opposed.
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and like, for a lot of weapons, size matters, strength matters, which is why every army is always composed of the tallest dudes with the biggest deadlifts, right?
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