Whenever I hear about a bastard child, it’s always a son. In both history and fiction, I can’t think of a single instance of a woman born out of wedlock being referred to as a bastard. Why are all the bastards men? Where are all the bastardesses?
i’ve known a few girl bastards in my time
Yes a woman could be a bastard but it’s usually masculine because it is a relic of feudal relations in which the legitimacy of daughters tended to be significantly less important to the affairs of a political unit than the legitimacy of sons because women were typically not permitted to inherit titles, property, or claims.
i think historically being a bastard would be brought up in questions of legitimacy of heirs, where it would be extremely easy to discredit a woman as an heir unless there was no other possible heir and she was unquestionably eligible to be the heir.
Prolly no one cared, cause they can’t pass family name in eurolore, even if they were recognized
