I really fell in love with several women in "A Song of Ice and Fire," but I feel that for my own sanity, I need to stop reading before they meet with horrible fates. I know, men have horrible things happen to them, too, but they're usually the result of their own choices, and not the result of choices made for them by other people. The lack of agency makes me very iffy, even as I admire the women for their strength in the face of that much fail.