Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130318203252/@comment-6134883-20130321153749

Marshall Silverman wrote: The problem The Emperor had with women was that He was married more times then we can probably guess, even had kids, and in the end outlived them all.

Considering the `regular` casualties of the imperial guard, women who don`t feel like joining them, stayed home and were housewives or workers, probably both. Most artworks about the IG have all men in them, i think that is not acurate because a significant part of the IG are women. Perhaps it is because of that inacurate portrail that you would think that. In Warhammer 40k as long as you can fire a gun, it doesn`t matter what gender you are, or even age apparently. I agree with you, Marshall. The Imperium is happy to accept cannon fodder of any sex or age. On the other hand if you want to keep up your population (and supply of troops) you definitely encourage your women to have lots of kids. Local culture probably has a lot to do with which career path a woman takes. As for the IG art... well let's just say Freud would have a field day... ;-)

Yeah, Emps must have a LOOONG history of loss and heartbreak. Maybe that's why he discouraged his boys from forming relationships with the opposite sex. On the other hand it makes me wonder if he was REALLY deluded enough to think that the Primarchs would happily live in their retirement community without a very important incentive.... I mean Doctor Frankenstein made a bride for his creation. Maybe Emps was smart enough to do the same.