#st ​alia of the knife the virgin priestess and Lady Jesssica the Reverend Mother crone

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always found the allegations that Dune is sexist because the women have no power funny because it’s really that the women are extremely powerful in the most sexist way possible

#dune #the most powerful women is the concubine because sex is a woman’s most powerful weapon #literally women are counsciously choosing to provide sons or daughters to kings depending on the will of the all powerful Matriarchy #of the Bene Gesserit #st ​alia of the knife the virgin priestess and Lady Jesssica the Reverend Mother crone #United as The Mother archtype when Lady Jessica took the water of life and saw all of history #Irulan and Chani comepeating to be the real power behind the throne #like this is all super misogynist but all the women have POWER and AGENCY #they drive the story by using their evil feminine wiles to breed messiahs and bring Jihad