[the_faery_queen]

women hold the political power, but when you're totally dominated by men and dont' really make your own decisions, are you really holding the power? and when they lose said power, they instantly to submit to men!
none of the women have any real power, any real position. the men are in control, just not offically. perhaps you could see it as a reversal of this world, where men are offically in control, but perhaps dominated by their wives at home, or something (if you believe that, and im sure some do on a sterotypical level. and i have had this argued before, that jordan's world is a reversal of ours) but even so, that doesn't explain why his women are so unflattering.