[C Of K]

This phenomenon probably stems from the fact that the male half of the source is tainted. So it is very much a woman's world. But this isn't enough of an excuse, of course.

I think the biggest problem is RJ himself. He probably has a hard time writing female characters, and contents himself with using strongly over the top stereotypes, and leaves it at that.

Oh, and then there's the problem that most of the important female characters can channel... What I mean to say is, Lan is a warder, and carries around a sword, Thom is a Gleeman, and has his cloak with patches, Mat blows the horn of Valere and has all those strange memories and the dice, Perrin has his lichen-like powers...but most of the women, except for Min of course, (who I found to be the most interesting of them) can only channel.

It kind of takes away from the interst when they are all practically the same character.