Egalia's Daughters Quotes

In many societies, men are viewed as superior to woman. From intelligence to strength, and everything in between, woman are typically told men can do it better. There are so many rules woman have to adhere to, to be accepted by society. Whereas men have much fewer rules and restrictions. Men live much simpler lives, in terms of societal norms, and what they can get away with. The book Egalia’s Daughters challenges these views, and paints a much different picture in terms of which sex is the dominate one. The Egalians view wim, or women as the superior sex, and the manwom, or men are viewed the inferior, shameful sex. Wim control and dictate the manwom, and set the rules for their own, wom controlled society.
Early on in the book, we meet a character names Petronius. Even in the beginning the reader may start to suspect that Petronius doesn’t quit share the same views on gender roles as everyone else does. He finds the life of a
The society they live in tell menwim to be shameful of their bodies, and cover up, much like our society today does. There are countless examples showing how the society of Egalia is programmed to have wim exhibit control over the menwim, and one way they do this is by shaming. From a young age, the distinction of wim versus menwim is taught. Wim are the dominate ones because they can give birth. Menwim are much less important, and they are only truly needed for conception and maybe to take care of the children. They drill this into the children’s heads, probably in hopes that there won’t be rebellions later on. But shaming menwim and controlling them isn’t the way to go. Much like trying to control women and taking their freedoms isn’t right either. Both genders are equally important, but Egalia much like our society doesn’t always see that. So instead, they use fear tactics and shame menwim, so they can control all aspects of their lives, as the examples have