"The most prominent dissenter was Good Queen Alysanne, who had helped her husband rule the Seven Kingdoms for many years, and now saw her son’s daughter being passed over because of her sex. “**A ruler needs a good head and a true heart**,” she famously told the king. “**A cock is not essential. If Your Grace truly believes that women lack the wit to rule, plainly you have no further need of me**.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[feminism]], [[sexism]], **Source** -- [[202410110344 - B - Fire and Blood]]