[the_faery_queen]

but it's not a woman's world. without going into a big feministy rant here, the women THINK they're in charge, the men think they're in charge, until they get in a relationship. then the men become instantly dominant over them, the women seem happy tro submit and in my mind, that doesn't make it a woman's world. it makes it a 1950s type situation, with a bossy hosuewife who loosk after the kids, cooks the meals and bosses her husband around. but he's really in charge and puts her in his place whenever it suits him. not a woman's world at all. jsut the illision of it.

i read that jordan said he used to spy on conversations that women had to learn how to write them (i've said this here before but there you are) and he thinks he does agood job. he didn't get that a, women act differently in different groups, and b, whenever all your characters start acting the same, it's not a good job. his women are awful. his men aren't that much better, they also have similiar sorts of traits, but the women are a lot less flattering. he seems to think self righteousness and nagging makes a woman strong, or something. but it doesn't.