#the revelation of 'oh of COURSE as soon as they got gene editing they started making more boys

[clonerightsagenda]

It's interesting that while Barrayar is misogynistic and preoccupied with patriarchal succession, they don't appear to be particularly worried about women's virginity? Maybe that's just because the men don't have enough women to be picky, but widows are fair game and Ivan's various girlfriends growing up faster than him and moving on to decent marriages isn't commented on - there's no suggestion he's harming their chances by sleeping around. The Koudelkas were upset about Mark and Kareen going to the sexy space orb but a) that could be about Mark b) that could be about the sexy space orb and c) Bothari was also very protective of Elena, so maybe the Barrayaran middle class is more preoccupied by virginity than the Vor? Although I'm not sure why that would be...

Anyway none of my public libraries have Falling Free so I'm going to have to wait until my work union catalog finishes transitioning to an entirely new system so I can request it. From my alma mater, apparently! How fun.