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It's a theme throughout that men are hotheads but get stuff done, women are smart and authoritative but are arrogant and dismissive. This theme is further echoed across just about every duality imaginable, from good vs. evil, future vs. past, war vs. peace, and so on

WoT does something somewhat unique in fantasy which is presenting as a traditional medieval europe fantasy, but with all themes and messaging of the east. It's LotR but with Daoism as its core instead of Christianity.