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Historically, the Sowaázh aristocrats were quite powerful and held de facto power over the king - there was not an absolute monarchy. The modernization of Sóol was mostly led by the aristocrats (unlike in Japan where the shogunate was toppled), and the country was officially made into a parliamentary constitutional monarchy as an ostensibly democratic measure. | Historically, the Sowaázh aristocrats were quite powerful and held de facto power over the king - there was not an absolute monarchy. The modernization of Sóol was mostly led by the aristocrats (unlike in Japan where the shogunate was toppled), and the country was officially made into a parliamentary constitutional monarchy as an ostensibly democratic measure. | ||
===Traditional gender norms=== | ===Traditional gender norms=== | ||
''Ye'láal em'oójheeng'' (Ye'láal is a poetic name for Sjowaázh daSóol; an '''oójheeng'' is a species of Sowaázh wildflower) is an archetype of a traditional Sowaázh "proper lady". A ''Ye'láal em'oójheeng'' is polite, nurturing and submissive but has a core of inner strength and will and is willing to defend herself and people she cares about when necessary. She will probably speak | ''Ye'láal em'oójheeng'' (Ye'láal is a poetic name for Sjowaázh daSóol; an '''oójheeng'' is a species of Sowaázh wildflower) is an archetype of a traditional Sowaázh "proper lady". A ''Ye'láal em'oójheeng'' is polite, nurturing and submissive but has a core of inner strength and will and is willing to defend herself and people she cares about when necessary. She will probably speak Amísheg (the cultivated variety of Sowaázh). | ||
===Social attitudes=== | ===Social attitudes=== | ||