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I see alot of threads with pics of thing like sexy female space marines or imperial gaurd.
gets me wondering. What is the roll fo women in 4ok. I know there are the sob and various assassins.
But are they allowed in govt or in things like the adeptus mechanus?

There's a note in the Commissar Cain books that mentions a female Lady General, and i think she's the fist woman to hold that title,

also there are female commissars, inquisitors and even entire Imperial Guard Regiments, so I'd think women and men are treated more or less equally.

Tau women are in the military. Orks are all "men". And the imperium has done an excellent job of hiding those female space marines, GW hasn't yet revealed any helmetless marines with long hair (and no beards, I know someone would mention Space Wolves).

Inquistors can be women. -The Ciaphas Cain Series
The Adeptus Arbites have women as officers. -The NightBringer
Planetary Governers can be women. -The NightBringer
Key leaders of the adeptus mechanicus can be women. -Dark Mechanicum
Women can be pilots for Lightning/ Thunderbolt air fighters. -Double Eagle
Women can be super stealthy tanith troopers. -Gaunt's Ghosts serires.

Basically they can do whatever they want.
(except be a SM, which is way better than a SOB)

The imperium is cruel and unfeeling and likely cares not to much about women. I have never read of a women plantery governor for example. The galss ceiling will still be there though I find it hard to imangine a women as the head on the inquisition or as a high lord.. but I may be wrong there.

Also planets differ some planets may be muslim sexist while others may be liberated but I doubt ANY would be matriarchal.

Plenty of female Psykers are fed to da Emperah everyday too!

THEY MAKE BABIES!!! SO MANY BABIES!!! 400 BABIES!!!

...AND THEY ALL RUN LIKE KENYANS!!!!

Shaman wrote:The imperium is cruel and unfeeling and likely cares not to much about women. I have never read of a women plantery governor for example.

The novel Nightbringer, as lordrevege mentioned.


It really varies. Theoretically, there's no reason that women can't hold pretty much the same positions as men in the 40K universe (other than, at least in general opinion, becoming Space Marines) but it would seem to vary depending on the culture of individual planets.

It's not well reflected in the model range, though. For example, the fluff for Cadia says that all citizens serve in the Guard for a term... but we have yet to see a female Cadian model.

Shaman wrote:Also planets differ some planets may be muslim sexist while others may be liberated but I doubt ANY would be matriarchal.

IIRC, 'Warrior Woman' from the original Last Chancers rules was from a matriarchal society, with Imperial Guard regiments from her planet also being pretty exclusively female.

Emperors Faithful wrote:THEY MAKE BABIES!!! SO MANY BABIES!!! 400 BABIES!!!

...AND THEY ALL RUN LIKE KENYANS!!!!

Do they run so fast that Mother Nature is like: 'Slooooowwww dowwwwwn!' and they say 'F*CK YOU!' and then kick her in the face with their ENERGY LEGS!

On topic: They can do anything that men can do, bar becoming Spehss Mehreens

L. Wrex

Depends on the planet.

I think most civilised Imperial worlds regard genders equally though.

It's always hard to tell if someone would roll.

I'd say it depends on their obesity levels.

Emperors Faithful wrote:THEY MAKE BABIES!!! SO MANY BABIES!!! 400 BABIES!!!

...AND THEY ALL RUN LIKE KENYANS!!!!

Aaah Powerthirst. Cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast.

Don't think most would discriminate, because a body is a body, and all bodies shall work.

In dead sky black sun there was a female guardsman, I think that GW is just too lazy to actually model them. I'm sure it depends on what world your on if women get selected for guard duty or not.

*sigh* it seems all of the armies governments (and or Leaders) have sealed away all the females and only promise to let them out when they win the war, No wonder they fight so hard.

Morgrim wrote:Don't think most would discriminate, because a body is a body, and all bodies shall work.

This sums it up as far as I can tell. Someone mentioned the Cain novels, which involve a mixed regiment commanded throughout by a female. I think that same person mentioned that one of the other female characters eventually becomes a highly-decorated IG general--but there is no sense that she was the first woman to achieve the rank. Insaniak, par usual, has the best answer: depends on which part of the million world Imperium you're talking about. There may conceivably be some that don't allow men in positions of authority.

Marines on a matriarchal world . . . I smell fanfic . . .

The common message I'm getting is that there are plenty of pieces of fluff to support both mixed and female dominated societal roles on certain planets. But there's little in the way of modelling or kits to back it up.

i forgot where i read it but there was an all female space marine section. Dont remember the name or where or even when i did but i remember reading it. Also i read about a female who ended up getting possessed by the warp as she was a khorne berzerkers sex slave and one night she kills him than gets into his armor. His commander doesnt even realize so she takes his roll.

What is this I dont even

@ insainiak I stand corrected.

Angels of death's imagination and memory are mixed up I reckon.

I'd like to "roll" some of the women in ...wait what are we talking about?

AnGeLsOfDeAtH wrote:i forgot where i read it but there was an all female space marine section. Dont remember the name or where or even when i did but i remember reading it.

It would have been fan fiction, if anything. The closest GW have been to female marines was a couple of Rogue Trader-era models of women in power armour that were originally sold as 'female adventurers' but were also briefly sold as female Space Marines. That was back before the current fluff for Marines was really established.

Also i read about a female who ended up getting possessed by the warp as she was a khorne berzerkers sex slave and one night she kills him than gets into his armor. His commander doesnt even realize so she takes his roll.

That was from Storm of Iron. Although I don't recall the book actually casting her as a 'sex slave'... she mostly just cleaned his armour.

insaniak wrote:

Also i read about a female who ended up getting possessed by the warp as she was a khorne berzerkers sex slave and one night she kills him than gets into his armor. His commander doesnt even realize so she takes his roll.

That was from Storm of Iron. Although I don't recall the book actually casting her as a 'sex slave'... she mostly just cleaned his armour.

sorry couldn't resist

The Unending wrote:

insaniak wrote:

Also i read about a female who ended up getting possessed by the warp as she was a khorne berzerkers sex slave and one night she kills him than gets into his armor. His commander doesnt even realize so she takes his roll.

That was from Storm of Iron. Although I don't recall the book actually casting her as a 'sex slave'... she mostly just cleaned his armour.

sorry couldn't resist

I am not only going to have a female Space Wolf
She's gonna be the leader of the pack! vrum vrrumm!

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:I am not only going to have a female Space Wolf
She's gonna be the leader of the pack! vrum vrrumm!

They can be Inquisitors, Planetary Governor's, Generals, etc.

They can pretty much be anything but a SM.

Why would they discriminate? Wars can be fought by either gender, and to ignore roughly half of your potential conscription material while tyranids are chomping away at your imperium seems thick to me (or perhaps just the epitome of chauvinism )

I was just wondering because they arent that well represented in the model range.

Thanks Manchu

Hi Karon
not up to speed with all the background so why is this please?

Good point Zed

(Not worked out the details yet, but want to distance my forthcoming chapter away from the Empire.)