@CommonMugwort@Benfell@hazelnot@gorfram I didn't write this. I'm not sure women are a "subordinate class" rather I would say they are exploited, abused, ignored, oppressed, objectified and harassed. But at the same time, and this is key to the understanding of female samurai, they are relied upon. Women keep the human species in existence, beyond that the work of women is essential to all human societies.