Alright, I spent an hour reading that paragraph and wrote a book report about it, so I think i'm ready to answer your question.
No.
No, that is a pretty reflex answer. No, you are not offended with the shekls? No, where women sleep is not an issue with where men sleep? No, the predatory instinct, water conservation, protection of the hearth, are not influential on where women sleep in Ravenloft with gothic concerns, or fearful spirits chasing barovians away from peaceful rest? No, women are not treated differently for sleeping with morninglordians, than say, with housing in a farmers house? No, carving out a place in the hearth, women are not expected to be concerned with, contrary to the mysterious women in the outskirts housing in the woods, those that are not elven? Or finally, No, women outsiders are not gazed at less approvingly than men when adventure calls for her to wander, and if yes, is this because of the gender roles?
Yes, this is not resurrecting an old post, it is animating a dead post. The subject with women and characters perceptions of themselves as women has been discussed at length, and because this is an interesting thread, Id like to hear further from a new mist dweller or even someone that is old with a new woman, or man toon with a new perspective. Im my worst critic for writing this, because this is not my subject and Im almost verbatum what ive absorbed studying other subjects in my reasoning. I enjoy reading book reports. The one fact that keeps returning to my mind, perhaps because of the woman character I play, is class on how that relates to women, which is why I reminded readers about the previous posts on the cost of a bowl of chilly, or tried to with the shekl joke. Something Ive not quite come to terms with on the server, is playing a gender with conflicts in the setting, yet no having players confused with how to react. In my PC bio, she has shied away from corporal punishment, but with what women go with (I could care less, not having any children or stood with my non-existant wife while she has nursed children), the pains of childbirth and child rearing. Where was I headed with this? Oh yeah, my neighbors have children and annoys the C*** out of me listening to all the cursing, etc.., so this post is currently the most interesting for me to write on, as Ive written myself out of the threads in the post on foul language, knowing absolutely nothing about that. As far as woman go, and gender roles, lets just say, Im researching my best, the woman across the street with the discrepancy to leave the curtains open jk.
