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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drifter Bob" data-source="post: 1669537" data-attributes="member: 17723">It is a good point that society in reality and history tends to be sexist, and women warriors are rare, but there are ample historical countereaxmples worth considering.Celts and Scythians had women warriors.  This is a fact. Scythian burial mounds (kurgans) have been excavated with female warriors buried in armor, with weapons, who show signs of healed battle injuires (including arrowheads lodged in their skeletons in at least two cases) the Romans reported fighting large numbers of female Celtic warriors at Anglesy among other places.The norse had in many ways a much less sexist attitude than say, mediteranian cultures did.  Women could own proprerty, could divorce for things like snoring or bad sex.  Women also bore arms and fought.  There are numerous points in the Icelandic Sagas recounting women fighters, in some case women fighers who were leaders of hosts.  This is borne out by archeological evidence.  There are also many legends of female viking pirates.Female nobles left in charge of castles fought and directed conutersiege operations during the crusades.There are numerous cases of female warrior societies in subsaharan Africa.Women fighters were banned in Ireland in the dark ages under christian law, but they were frequently part of levies, forced to fight.Medieval peasant uprisings frequently features women fighters.  One excellent example were the militarily successful Hussites of the 15th century.  Female fighters weilding flails protected the gunners and crossbowmen on their war wagons.Don't forget that also during the medieval period and renaissance female nobles played leading roles in several powerful mercantile and aristocratic families, suchas the infamous Borgias, Mediciis and the Fuggers of Holland / Flanders.DB</blockquote>

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