From: ikonoqlast@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, August 11, 2014 10:04:02 AM UTC-7, David Friedman wrote:   
      
      
   > In _Harald_, with medieval technology, I had an order of women warriors.    
   >    
   > I had no good historical warrant for it but I thought I made it    
   >    
   > tolerably plausible�they were light cavalry doubling as archers�and it    
   >    
   > provided a useful plot device.   
      
      
   Uh, problem is that archers require great upper body strength...   
      
   I have a hard time thinking of ANY battlefield role women could convincingly   
   play.  That's why historically they didn't.  Controlling horses requires it   
   too, that's why there are so damn few women jockeys, even though their light   
   weight would be an    
   advantage.   
      
   Scouting?  No, men are faster and have greater endurance.     
      
   Now, if you have magic...   
      
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