Gr0vZ said:
But aside from that, the fact that there were women cited as participating and even one or two leading kinda points that, while uncommon, it still happened.
Statistics aside, if it happened then it happened.
A few droplets of water are, if not invisible, totally irrelevant to the flow of the river of history.
I like how applicable that is to each and every guy that died during that time period.
Really, how many men are named as leaders and notable versus how many there statistically were?
But a few in the river of history.
Fact is that 'river' is full of blood from millions(billions?) of unnamed folk, men and women both. To write off those that are named because they're women and not brought up as frequently or granted same opportunity as 'irrelevant to the flow of the river of time' is as inane as writing off all named people for the very same reason.
Hell, in order to make the remark you do you have to ignore two queen regnants who were both important to England's history.
I mean seriously. You just called Queen Elizabeth 'irrelevant'.
The fact that one can say 'Queen Elizabeth' and have a click of recognition proves your remark flat out wrong.
EDIT: Note I'm still working within the context of the 17th century alone.
EDIT2: I'd also like to comment on another part you replied with.
Nothing you do in game, aside from that which follows a very strict path, has anything to do with reality aside from references.
Even if you follow in the footsteps of the book(s) this is based on or the real history of the time while in-game it still won't be accurate or true.
You inherently are breaking the very concept you try to clutch onto (as a reason for women not making sense in the game) by playing the game at all.
By playing the game you are changing everything. One person messing up an entire era of history and literature. What does your gender matter in a context where you're all ready breaking every other rule?
Also you must have one freakishly mutated hand to be able to count all recorded women of just the 17th century on it. You live in Chernobyl or something?