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Originally Posted by masraum
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Is dune about humans or are they humanoid aliens? And if they're aliens, then who's to say that the women can't be badassed.
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Dune is a tale of the Terran decendancy, expansion into the galaxy and the government that resulted from the butlerian jihad. Their are no humanoid characters. However certain houses have specialy developed abilities accomplished over eons of time.
The BG's are a great example, Herbert was quite progressive in that he melded characteristics of males into the strictly female order. However, they were never authored as physical powerhouses. They were written as sensual fabiinist-like black widows that used men for seed for their genetic breeding programs towards the goal of total dominance.