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→Personality: added section on Kaladin's relationship and views on Vorin gender norms, and how it effects how he sees the world. I felt it is important as it is relevant to his character and his relationships with others.
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(→Personality: added section on Kaladin's relationship and views on Vorin gender norms, and how it effects how he sees the world. I felt it is important as it is relevant to his character and his relationships with others.) |
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He dislikes beards, finding the way that they itch at the corner of his mouth to be annoying. Due to this, he tries to shave his own whenever he can.{{book ref|sa1|11}}
He finds the Vorin insistence on gender norms to be ridiculous and doesn't expect anyone to live up to them, questioning why people mocked others, like Renarin, for not being the traditional masculine ideal.{{book ref|sa3|55}} However, he does seem to still believe in them and the dichotomy they enforce on how one's role in society, he simply doesn't enforce them himself.{{book ref|sa3|55}}
While Kaladin is accepting of gay people such as Drehy, he considers them to be unmasculine, and considers Drehy's own beliefs in Vorin gender norms to be funny considering his sexuality.{{book ref|sa3|55}} However, this doesn't lead him to acting in a bigoted manner against gay men, and even apologizes when he winds up insulting them.{{book ref|sa3|55}} This can be traced back to how Vorin society in general accepts it due to their focus on oaths;{{wob ref|1443}} mixed with the beliefs in very strict gender norms, which, while Kaladin does not fully buy into them, do influence the way he sees the world.{{book ref|sa3|55}} These two factors can be seen as shaping his views on homosexuality.
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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