nate - pantywaist, limp-wrist, mammas boy, sissy - all pejorative terms used by men and boys to describe the less masculine of their kind. So it is little wonder they describe the land in feminine terms. It is something over which they have absolute power. Something they can subjugate to their will, do with as they please, use to their own ends without fear of retribution, rule with an iron fist. It works for them it produces for them, it yields to their whim.
Yet there are parts of the land that are strictly masculine in their attributes - the rugged mountains, the raging rivers, the harsh deserts, and barren wastes. These can hardly be described in feminine terms. The land is not masculine or feminine. It is a mixture of both, and at the same time, it is neutral. It does not favor one sex or the other, is equally harsh or inv
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