As history has shown, women have always played a certain role in society. When it comes to the middle ages, many people have a misogynistic stigma of how society was back then. In the popular medieval-inspired television show, Game of Thrones, women are portrayed to follow these certain gender roles during their time. Property and power were passed down to the males in the bloodline, whereas the females continued to live with their families or were married off in order to receive land or political reasons. Women covered themselves with long flowing dresses, conceived children, and were subject to their husbands wants and needs. Some of the women have also been beaten, tortured and even raped. Although this might be the case to a certain extent, interestingly enough, the female characters …show more content…
When Yara is first shown in the series, she has short hair that goes to her shoulders, and is not wearing a dress. She poses as a commoner and fools her brother, Theon Greyjoy, into riding back with her to castle Pyke. Although she is a woman, Balon Greyjoy (her father), raised her as if she were a boy. He believed in Yara and let her take charge of the men who were fighting for the Iron Islands. She is a fantastic warrior and the men she is in charge of respect her and are loyal to her. This could be seen as unusual to many because the Iron Islands are portrayed as very misogynistic. There are no written records of women in charge of an army of men in the late middle ages. To be strong and courageous, does not mean you have to stop being feminine. For many of the women in Game of Thrones, they exhibit feminine features while still fighting for power in their male dominated society. Many of the women such as Cersei Lannister, Margaery Tyrell and Daenerys Targaryen have proven to defy the gender norms of their time while still keeping their lovely feminine