I never said that it did.
However, Eilistraee’s dogma preaches, for a large part, the pursuit of acceptance and, to a certain degree, equality. It would seem decidedly odd to me that while trying to convince the rest of the world to accept drow despite their race and whatnot, they’d still hold to gender discrimination.
No, I think what gender discrimination might still exist in Eilistraeen community is because the faithful (priestesses and otherwise) themselves still have to overcome the prejudices they’ve been spoon-fed from birth. But that doesn’t mean it reflects Eilistraee’s views or teachings.
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[quote="Kirintha the Fair":3bbh3vi2]And remember that being excluded from the sisterhood, might actualy benifet the males in some ways.[/quote:3bbh3vi2]
If it benefits them in any way not to be part of the clergy then there’s nobody forcing them to be part of the clergy (just as nobody is forcing the women).
I think [i:3bbh3vi2]that[/i:3bbh3vi2] is the major difference in the approach towards gender in Lolthian and Eilistraeen society. In Lolthian society the women are expected to become priestesses and the men or expected to become fighter or, if they show some signs of intelligence, wizards. There seems fairly little other choice (though, of course, there are always exceptions). In Eilistraeen society I’d imagine everyone being free to choose their own path.
Of course, they likely still carry a lot of the Lolthian preconceptions here and thus would still tend to gravitate towards those roles.
[quote="Kirintha the Fair":3bbh3vi2]this brings us to another issue do you think that communitys of eilistraeeans are theiocratic or democratic.[/quote:3bbh3vi2]
It probably differs from community to community… but it wouldn’t surprise me if most of them were theocratic. They [i:3bbh3vi2]are[/i:3bbh3vi2] dedicated to a religion after all.
Of course, that’s in the most benign form with people following the theocratic leader because of her (his?) wisdom and kindness, perhaps with a bit “force of personality” thrown in.
I think that they are, in many senses of the word, a sisterhood.
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