I think something to keep in mind with the entire series is this: for hundreds of years the strongest united power (under the light) has been the white tower. Women. They have spent all that time with the responsibilities of the world. Weather they were wisdoms, unknowingly channelers or queens, nearly the whole culture was woman with authority. Their equals in the power (male channelers)  were extremely dangerous so they (the woman channelers) delt with them in the best way they could think of. The entire culture of the world was women pulling strings, woman passing judgment and woman in authority. It’s evident from the very beginning with the woman’s circle in Emond’s Field. Nearly every single woman in that series was feisty. So yes, most woman were used to that authority. It annoyed me at first before I thought of this. And later in the books they all vastly improve. But that is probably why they kept complaining about the boys their own age being wool headed fools. 

I think something to keep in mind with the entire series is this: for hundreds of years the strongest united power (under the light) has been the white tower. Women. They have spent all that time with the responsibilities of the world. Weather they were wisdoms, unknowingly channelers or queens, nearly the whole culture was woman with authority. Their equals in the power (male channelers)  were extremely dangerous so they (the woman channelers) delt with them in the best way they could think of. The entire culture of the world was women pulling strings, woman passing judgment and woman in authority. It’s evident from the very beginning with the woman’s circle in Emond’s Field. Nearly every single woman in that series was feisty. So yes, most woman were used to that authority. It annoyed me at first before I thought of this. And later in the books they all vastly improve. But that is probably why they kept complaining about the boys their own age being wool headed fools.