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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 1671434" data-attributes="member: 18280">Hmmm....I don't know if this helps, but IMC I designed a prevelant human group that was matriarchal -- all of the really important positions belong to women.&nbsp; Not only did this not pose a problem for my (all male) players, but most of the human characters belong to this group, and two of the half-human characters have had their human parent belong to this group (the Lakashi).&nbsp; I gave rules reasons why someone might select a Lakashi character (despite their not having discovered the secret of iron, they can have totem spirits), and for being female (better totem spirits).&nbsp; I now have two female Lakashi characters, and anther waiting in the wings.Meanwhile, my main &quot;fantasy-midieval&quot; culture is male-dominated in a fairly &quot;soft&quot; manner.&nbsp; Other cultures may share power, or be male- or female-dominated.&nbsp; Within each culture, however, there are &quot;power sects&quot; that try to usurp the current power structure, and where gender divides occur, these power sects may be based on gender.&nbsp; Example:&nbsp; Orcish culture is male-dominated, but there exists a cult of female shamans that wields tremendous power among the orcs.&nbsp; A reverse of this is true among the Lakashi:&nbsp; There is a cult of male shamans who dress as females and take on female roles to improve their status.Good gaming!RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 1671434, member: 18280"] Hmmm.... I don't know if this helps, but IMC I designed a prevelant human group that was matriarchal -- all of the really important positions belong to women. Not only did this not pose a problem for my (all male) players, but most of the human characters belong to this group, and two of the half-human characters have had their human parent belong to this group (the Lakashi). I gave rules reasons why someone might select a Lakashi character (despite their not having discovered the secret of iron, they can have totem spirits), and for being female (better totem spirits). I now have two female Lakashi characters, and anther waiting in the wings. Meanwhile, my main "fantasy-midieval" culture is male-dominated in a fairly "soft" manner. Other cultures may share power, or be male- or female-dominated. Within each culture, however, there are "power sects" that try to usurp the current power structure, and where gender divides occur, these power sects may be based on gender. Example: Orcish culture is male-dominated, but there exists a cult of female shamans that wields tremendous power among the orcs. A reverse of this is true among the Lakashi: There is a cult of male shamans who dress as females and take on female roles to improve their status. Good gaming! RC [/QUOTE]

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