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Old 02-18-2018, 12:17 PM   #19
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Default Re: [Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Code of Honor

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Originally Posted by evileeyore View Post
There is also a this issue of deference to men in authority which is not just due to her status in comparison to them but what is considered proper by the code of her society.

And she can't handle matters of honor as men do, she must hand them off to a male.

If following the code her society her actions are as constrained as man's, just in other ways.
Some of this is implicit in her Social Stigma (Second-Class Citizen), though. I'm not saying you're necessarily wrong, but let's make sure we're not double-dipping.
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