[Dragaera] Gender imbalance in the Jhereg [_Dzur_ Spoiler]
Howard Brazee
howard at brazee.net
Wed Feb 14 13:31:24 PST 2007
On 2:18 PM Jon Lincicum wrote:
> To a point, the criminal Jhereg, even though they are in the minority
> in their House, probably are representative of the House to the point
> that outsiders typically fail to make any distinction. The criminals
> are the ones with the power and influence within the house, so
> they're the ones people think of when someone says "Jhereg". My
> feeling is that this is all Kiera meant when she said Vlad didn't
> have what it took to be a "real" Jhereg.
>
> It's not that non-criminal Jhereg don't exist--it's just that they
> don't matter.
Or that they don't fit the stereotypes.
Of course, Steve might just have been referencing the "no true Scotsman"
argument.
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