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Elite girls also got a full education (only the "intellectual" track was available to girls), enough for them to be independent. Unlike males, however, they were not expected to undergo male specialization. Women who wished to become school teachers underwent some additional training in the subject that they were to teach. Women who were educated like male specialists were usually courtesans; in fact, the word in [[Tíogall]] for 'courtesan' was historically the female form of the word for 'specialist'. | Elite girls also got a full education (only the "intellectual" track was available to girls), enough for them to be independent. Unlike males, however, they were not expected to undergo male specialization. Women who wished to become school teachers underwent some additional training in the subject that they were to teach. Women who were educated like male specialists were usually courtesans; in fact, the word in [[Tíogall]] for 'courtesan' was historically the female form of the word for 'specialist'. | ||
The plebs | The plebs were largely literate but uneducated and were forced to do menial labor and/or live in unsanitary places. Weird misfits (especially if they're male) within the elite were harshly penalized as well. The social cost of nonconformity was quite severe, and crimes were punished harshly (often by <!--castration, -->forced labor, torture, and death, in addition to public shaming). | ||
Polyamory was and still is accepted in Etalocin cultures, though many people are monogamous. | Polyamory was and still is accepted in Etalocin cultures, though many people are monogamous. | ||