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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sado" data-source="post: 1875113" data-attributes="member: 20589">Well if you wanted to talk about lesbians why didn't you just say so.Yes I have a matriarchal/lesbian culture in my world (which started as a civ 2 scenario). The Chandala inhabit a huge sub-continent (like India) but even more isolated by mountains, which has contributed to the evolution of the female-dominated society, a rarity on this world (though there are some others).  The fact that the physical roles are opposite the norm has also been a factor (women are stronger, or as strong)The Chandala have a "mother-earth type religion (with a rather more aggressive mother earth than usual). They are matriarchal and segregated by gender, more so in the cities, where men and women live in separate districts. Even in most villages men and women do not share quarters. Actual mating only occurs seven times a year on religious holidays when men and women get together for that purpose.  The rest of the time both males and females live in best friend/sexual partner type relationships with members of the same sex.  Of course there are "backward" places where men and women cohabitate, but that is discouraged.Women hold most important government posts, religion (the head of state is nominal head of religion, though a priestess council actually runs that), and most military positions. Men are allowed to serve as archers and other support roles which are considered...well I would say unmanly, but I guess unwomanly would be more appropriate. Magic users are almost exclusively men for the same reason. And yes, I did sort of make them up just for my own perverted fantasies.   Along that line I included the Sisters of the Sword, elite warriors who fight completely naked to demonstrate their courage.  As these things do, it evolved and began to take on a life of its own, until it started turning into a setting that genuinely interested me.There is also another notable form of lesbianism among the northern Skyth hill tribes. Theirs is a warrior culture, and families like to marry their daughters off to great warriors-even if said warrior is also a woman. This is advantageous to the female warrior as property is passed down through female children. Seriously, that wasn't the only reason I made them up. I needed several minor "flavor" tribes in my civ 2 scenario as backdrops and wildcards for the main conflict between the main good guys and main bad guys.  Other tribes included:the Skyth (see above);the Goven-disunited warlike dark age northern European style barbarians. Very patriarchal, women are basically property;the Zanti-obligatory desert nomads/middle eastern style civilization. Among the nomads, fairly egalitrian, with leadership falling to the oldest and wisest. In the cities, males dominate though women are fairly equal under the law and head the Jezerene religion, whose founder was a great prophetess;the Orkish Kingdom-There are many tribes of wild orks, but the Kingdom was a confedertion of tribes that had been united by a strong leader who had seen the advantage of the organization of the human kingdoms and was trying to emulate them. They have a code of law and fairly equal treatment of the sexes, though they still cling to pre-defined roles for males and females.The Old Kingdom-Tyria, also known as the Old Kingdom (being the only major kingdom to survive a worldwide catastrophe several centuries ago), is the main good guy kingdom. Their society is a combination of tribal customs and the traditions of the now-extinct Eldan Empire-a combination which doesn't always mesh successfully even to this day.  Mostly all people are considered equals and can take any profession.Chaos-Evil force that is seeping into the world warhammer-style, which the OK is trying to stop. Gender roles are moot, all are subservient to the chaos which possesses themNot around anymore but significant:The Eldan-Ancient empire defeated by Tyrian tribesThe Shadroch-Ancient hun-type semi-nomadic empire defeated by an Eldan-Tyrian alliance.The Fei Kingdoms-Elvish kingdoms across the ocean. Formerly ruled by the Eldan Empire, there has been little contact with them for generations.If you're interested in a bit of history, the land of Tyria was being fought over by two great empires-The Eldan and the Shadroch.  An Eldan prince secretly betrayed the empire and united the tribes of Tyria, allied with the Eldan to defeat the Shadroch, and in the immediate aftermath of that victory led the Tyrian tribes to turn on their Eldan allies, thus defeating both would-be conquerors on the same battlefield.</blockquote>

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