Ophiucha
Auror
In the only setting I'm working on which has dwarves, they are... oddly kind of the feminist race of the world? It doesn't really match the depictions of dwarves as the uber-masculine race, but it just sort of happened. (My elves are, correspondingly, extremely sexist, because no matter how many subversions you make elves and dwarves must be in opposition. It is law.)
I think it happened because I did keep the whole 'female dwarves have beards' bit, which led to the 'if they look the same, perhaps they also act/are allowed to act the same'. My dwarves also lean slightly more towards the crafting part of their cliche than the mining bit. Yes, they mine, but they also chop wood and sheer sheep for wool. So female-bodied dwarves get the title of being the ultimate craftsmen as they can 'craft' other dwarves. It's not quite an equal society, mind, but women can and do work most of the same jobs as men.
Oh, and my dwarves are Egyptian, so no to the Russo-Scottish accents. But I kind of love that particular trope.
I think it happened because I did keep the whole 'female dwarves have beards' bit, which led to the 'if they look the same, perhaps they also act/are allowed to act the same'. My dwarves also lean slightly more towards the crafting part of their cliche than the mining bit. Yes, they mine, but they also chop wood and sheer sheep for wool. So female-bodied dwarves get the title of being the ultimate craftsmen as they can 'craft' other dwarves. It's not quite an equal society, mind, but women can and do work most of the same jobs as men.
Oh, and my dwarves are Egyptian, so no to the Russo-Scottish accents. But I kind of love that particular trope.