Hard to escape, makes matters worse.
For example, Bangladeshi Cantonmentalism has a lot to answer for. Tanky swashbuckling bravado aside, by assassinating Mujib and that vast section of his family they ended up entrenching the dynasty.
With sons and 'natural' heirs dispatched, who could well have extinguished themselves competing for power, they left two surviving traumatised daughters who would cooperate, more often than not, than their male peers.
people are strange.
