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[Mister Apoc]

I have seen some criticism of this by people in the past. The Bene Gesserit are super powerful women, yet its the lone male Bene Gesserit that for some reason is able to surpass then in power. Why did the Kwisatz Haderach have to be male, did Frank ever give a detailed reason about this?

 

[Birdo]

Did he need to give a detailed reason why?

It's fantasy. Why did the Bene Gesserit have to all be female?

 

[GreyHorace]

I don't exactly remember the details, but the Bene Gesserit needed the Kwisatz Hedrach to look into male genetic memories. They could only look at the genetic memories of their female ancestors, but not the males.

Jessica though ruined their centuries long breeding program by giving birth to Paul. And they were never able to control him.

 

[Valonquar]

It was his privilege.

 

[TrainedRage]

Jesus was a male.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

It's not that he had to be male, it's that all other males who attempted to grasp that power had died in the attempt. So that is the characteristic that sets him apart, he was the only male who could swing it.

Female bene gesserits could look ahead into the future -- barely -- and could access genetic memories as long as it was a female memory. Male memories were completely locked out, so that limitation is what drove their breeding programs to make a male who could access the "male side" and hopefully look into the future, too.

 

[Mister Apoc]

It's not that he had to be male, it's that all other males who attempted to grasp that power had died in the attempt. So that is the characteristic that sets him apart, he was the only male who could swing it.

Female bene gesserits could look ahead into the future -- barely -- and could access genetic memories as long as it was a female memory. Male memories were completely locked out, so that limitation is what drove their breeding programs to make a male who could access the "male side" and hopefully look into the future, too.

but wasn't Paul able to access both female and male memories as the KH?

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

but wasn't Paul able to access both female and male memories as the KH?

Yes, but as we see with his younger sister Alia she is also able to access male memories and has prescience. This fact results in a major pivot in her plot in one of the later books.

 

[Ornlu]

Yes, but as we see with his younger sister Alia she is also able to access male memories and has prescience. This fact results in a major pivot in her plot in one of the later books.

Heresy!

Everyone knows there's only one.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Heresy!

Everyone knows there's only one.

I've come around to the second book.

 

[mekes]

I have seen some criticism of this by people in the past. The Bene Gesserit are super powerful women, yet its the lone male Bene Gesserit that for some reason is able to surpass then in power. Why did the Kwisatz Haderach have to be male, did Frank ever give a detailed reason about this?

You just sent me straight to Google, I had no idea what was going on