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Date: Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 06:31 pm (UTC)Sexism in the rest of Darkover is more typical feudal "women have limited rights" with a dose of "telepathy breeding program" thrown in. In some of the books there's an explicit argument that as long as telepathy is so vital to Darkovan society, women will never be truly equal. MZB was absolutely addressing sexism and patriarchy all over the place in the books; I don't always agree with her conclusions (part of that, I think, is the time she was writing in, and part of it is her...iffy views on some topics).
Anyway, at least MZB was a whole lot better writer than Norman, and certainly she had quite different motives for portraying sexism. The Darkover books are really interesting, and can be a lot of fun if you're in the right mood. I like TODAY I AM A DARKOVER BOOK for a silly (but disturbingly accurate) summary, although it's probably funnier after you've read some of them.
Depends on whose history - especially in Fantasy novels it's fair to assume that unless the sexism present in the worlds has a reason within the world's history it's part of the implied author's views and prejudices.
I don't like using Earth history--and usually an incorrect, even-more-sexist-than-reality version thereof--to justify prejudice/injustice in a fantasy world. Just because real feudal societies were sexist doesn't mean a fantasy feudal society has to be. Feudalism is built on classism, not sexism. If an author wants to set up a sexist fantasy society for some reason, fine--but I'd rather they justify it in-world than with appeals to (misconceptions of) real history. Real history is a lot more complicated and varied than a lot of SFF authors seem to think.