Sexism and sexual freedom
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:30 pm
I was reading about a game world in which there is absolutely no sexism, racism, or stigmas against homosexuality. I know very well that Geas isn't such a game world, but it started me wondering.
How does each society view gender roles and sexuality on Forostar?
Humans have prostitutes, but elves have female guards and a queen. Are dwarves egalitarian? Is homosexuality universally frowned upon? To what extent? Is a matter of religon? I might imagine that tanielites believe in chastity and equality, but asralites believe women are inferior objects, good for lovin' but bad for fightin'.
This has come up in game a number of times, when certain characters have acted extremely against or in favour of homosexuality and other characters have acted extremely sexist or extremely egalitarian (presumably based on ooc feelings or guesses about the geas world).
It might be nice to have some cultural standard -- what the typical dwarf, elf, human, tshahark, gwenite, lilithian, etc. thinks. The same could be said for racism (humans hate tshaharks. dwarves hate elves. elves hate everyone. and so on)
How does each society view gender roles and sexuality on Forostar?
Humans have prostitutes, but elves have female guards and a queen. Are dwarves egalitarian? Is homosexuality universally frowned upon? To what extent? Is a matter of religon? I might imagine that tanielites believe in chastity and equality, but asralites believe women are inferior objects, good for lovin' but bad for fightin'.
This has come up in game a number of times, when certain characters have acted extremely against or in favour of homosexuality and other characters have acted extremely sexist or extremely egalitarian (presumably based on ooc feelings or guesses about the geas world).
It might be nice to have some cultural standard -- what the typical dwarf, elf, human, tshahark, gwenite, lilithian, etc. thinks. The same could be said for racism (humans hate tshaharks. dwarves hate elves. elves hate everyone. and so on)