User blog comment:The Dragon Demands/Slapping Joffrey compilation (set to "Sweet Dreams are Made of These")/@comment-5180349-20120609102343/@comment-5014364-20120609200006

Well, specifically the scene where she orders the deserters killed didn't seem inappropriate; war is hell, and you've got to send a message that no one else should even think of deserting before the battle (it isn't what they stole, but that they stole them as part of a plan to desert the city).

Otherwise yeah, you've got it there: Cersei is angry and think's people don't respect her because she's a woman, and this has embittered her. George R.R. Martin has a nice behind the scenes video, where he explains that some noble Houses train women to be actively part of court politics and court intrigues but others do not. Tywin Lannister was one of the conservative noblemen that did not. Cersei therefore *NEVER* received formal training in the art of ruling, in contrast to House Tyrell, which *did* actively train Olenna and Margaery Tyrell to be actively involved in politics (within the framework of their patriarchal society).

Yes, you could say that Cersei was unfairly denied the training simply because she's a woman.....but she still lacks the training. People don't necessarily disrespect her because she's a woman...they disrespect her because (for whatever reason) she's ridiculously incompetent.

Its the equivalent of if Cersei tried to fight someone with a sword, then lost badly, and then started pouting that "I never received formal training to fight with a sword, just because I'm a woman!"....entirely true, but it makes her no less ridiculous for not realizing her own limitations.

Ironically, Cersei can easily be skewered by her own famous line, "when you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die"....yeah, and she isn't particularly adept at "the game". This is the big leagues, Cersei. They'll eat you up and spit you out.