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<blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8554202" data-attributes="member: 67296">I wish I could I agree, but even in our world where women are as intelligent, as knowledgeable, as numerous in higher education, as exposed/available to firearms, etc., we're still struggling to have gender equality/equity. Alas, people being &quot;just as capable&quot; is not enough to make it fair for all. Women may be as capable of wielding deadly magic but in a world where women do not have equal access to learning magic, you'll still have social injustice no matter how capable those women could be given the chance.My D&amp;D worlds have much better gender equity than ours but that's only because I choose to include that, and then find reasons to support that. And that's where I tie in with the OP; the game world is stuck in medieval/renaissance-level of technology because I choose to. Then, it's relatively easy to find reasons for it. And when reasons fail, then I can find excuses for it.Ultimately, most reasons/excuses for lack of progress (technological or cultural) boils down to one thing: people can be real jerks sometimes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laurefindel, post: 8554202, member: 67296"] I wish I could I agree, but even in our world where women are as intelligent, as knowledgeable, as numerous in higher education, as exposed/available to firearms, etc., we're still struggling to have gender equality/equity. Alas, people being "just as capable" is not enough to make it fair for all. Women may be as capable of wielding deadly magic but in a world where women do not have equal access to learning magic, you'll still have social injustice no matter how capable those women could be given the chance. My D&D worlds have much better gender equity than ours but that's only because I choose to include that, and then find reasons to support that. And that's where I tie in with the OP; the game world is stuck in medieval/renaissance-level of technology because I choose to. Then, it's relatively easy to find reasons for it. And when reasons fail, then I can find excuses for it. Ultimately, most reasons/excuses for lack of progress (technological or cultural) boils down to one thing: people can be real jerks sometimes. [/QUOTE]

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