Egic Egalitarianism

Part of Culture of Juhnvechteya
In the isolated, far western valleys of Juhnvechteya reside the Egic peoples. These peoples, such as the Kauts, have a turbulent and violent history, often operating as raiders and invaders for those nations unlucky enough to be near them. However, before they were eventually expelled from Toradzland and the western marches of Stribrna Joraje, they left a permanent imprint of social equality. 
=== In Kautenlland and Pzenmarg ===
In the mountain valleys of Kautenlland and the river valleys of the Pzenmarg the Kauts and the Pzanas reside in rural villages and isolated homesteads. Among the Egics of these lands, men and women are cos ordered utterly equal, and many perform the same activities as one another, with men participating in domestic chores and women taking part in logging, hunting, and even fighting in the wars against the incursions of the Toradzmen. 
=== In the West Marches ===
In the West Marches of Stribrna Joraje, women are given a great deal more freedom and authority than their eastern cousins. Rather than simply being in charge of the domestic aspects of a household, women also commonly take charge of the foreign aspects, such as business, trade, and even politics and war in the case of the nobility. 
In addition, there is a great deal more liberty granted to men by the culture, most of this being in the way they may dress and act. In the west, a man, even of knightly station, may dress in any clothes he pleases, and may act as he desires. This often shocks the nobility and clergy of the eastern counties, who view nobles in feminine brocade as preposterous. The same courtesy extends to the women of the Marches, who often dress as the men do. Same-sex relations are not discouraged in the Western Marches, though there is little or no marriage amongst them, for it is considered disadvantageous among the nobility.
=== In Toradzland ===
The Egics left the largest impact in Toradzland, where they had settled and intermingled with the locals for several generations. Before the arrival of the Kovac house, women were utterly and totally equal to the men of the region, and homosexuality was totally normalized. However, during the reign of Baldrich II, during his Jorification efforts, same-sex relations were criminalized, and the introduction of several eastern Joran families to the region as nobles saw the rights of women be slowly whittled down. 
Some vestiges of the egalitarianism of the old days remains, though these are few.