“Do you mean to say that you allow your queens to fly—against Threads?” F’lar ignored the fact that F’nor was grinning, and T’ton, too. “Allow?” D’ram bellowed. “You can’t stop them. Don’t you know your ballads?”
Ok, this is kind of nice. We're seeing that the culture of Pern in the 'present day' is acknowledged as sexist compared to standards 400 years ago.
