[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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