Good point. I was referencing the broader framework versus personality. For example, two relatively superpowered beings designed to fufill destiny and reshape empires.  Desert warrior race that had a superior fighting culture.  

I can the influence Herbert may have had on Jordan.

I saw a pettiness and bewilderness in the writing for both male and female. But to a degree I think it makes sense.  If you overly a feudal based society, with (generally speaking) a conservative culture, that had women hold both physical power (channeling) and institutional power (the tower, Wisdom's etc) then I  could see a high level of pettiness actually be a normal consequence of that behavior. Because it happens (although not as two - dimensional as Jordan wrote it) in real life in certain social and economic arrangements. 

What I think Jordan's problem was, was that he allowed his characters to evolve in regard to the application of power but didn't really allow them to evolve within their gender. There was just no nuance in gender relations. But I absolutely can see based upon the social structure he created why they approach the male relationships the way they did. Even if in many ways it was super-ham handed writing.

Anyone else notice the similarities between Dune and WOT? In particular the Aiel remind me of the Fremen, and Rand reminds me of Paul Atreidis the Kwisatz Haderach 

Hi! New here. I am going through WOT for the second time and am back to book seven.  When I first went through the series about 5 years ago I just gunned through it.  Going back through again made me appreciate it a bit more. There is one piece in general that I think is brilliant. I have seen some talk about it on other threads I have looked at in here. That is the emergence of female dominated orientation to the cultural.  

I think Jordan demonstrated some very insightful thoughts on what would happen if women had a form of power that could not be overcome, and men who could channel, and by default men in general, were put in a culturally subservient role. 

While I echo the criticism that Jordan did a weak job of interpersonal engagement between men and women, I think overall the structure of the societies built round women who could channel was phenomenal. 

Also, I think the arrogance and myopic view that the White tower took towards men who could channel and the Dragon Reborn was right in line with that. If for 3,000 years you were tasked with protecting the world from men who could channel, had a form of close to absolute power, and relatively isolated yourself from common people who couldn't channel, you would have a society like what was built around the White Tower. 

I am hoping the TV show can capture this accurately and smooth out some of the ham handed way Jordan wrote the female characters.