“Tears are not a woman's only weapon. The best is between her legs. Learn how to use it.” In the following essay I will attempt to establish the construction of female gender roles in 'Game of Thrones', HBO's television adaptation of George RR Martin's novel series 'A Song of Ice and Fire', which is set in the kingdom imagery of Westeros. Accordingly I will analyze these female gender roles from a materialistic point of view and discuss how a number of characters, mainly female (as we will see how patriarchy is the preferred practice in Westeros), conform to and reject preconceived ideas of performance and gender representation. To begin with, it is necessary to understand what “gender” is. “Gender is the set of physical, biological, mental and behavioral characteristics that concern and differentiate masculinity and femininity. Depending on the context, the term can refer to biological sex (i.e., the state of being male, female, or intersex), sex-based social structures (including gender roles and other social roles), or gender identity” ( Urdy 1994). Martin himself acknowledges De Beauvoir's (1973) suggestion that gender is unnatural, "a social construction": "I regard men and women as all human beings: yes, there are differences, but many of these differences are created from the culture we live in, whether it is the medieval culture of Westeros or the Western culture of the 21st century” (Salter 2013). The characters portrayed and developed in 'Game of Thrones' are no different in that they too are subjects to the culture that has been created around them and the experiences through which they progress “as De Beauvoir says, consciousness exists in one's body, which, in the context of... middle of the paper... and phallic prowess, is derided and almost genderless by conforming to neither male nor female expectations of King's Landing. Smith (2004, p. 23) argues that “when the body is conceived as a cultural site of gendered meanings, it becomes unclear what aspects of this body are natural or devoid of cultural imprint". Varys has remained almost genderless because he does not conform to the usual binary, anything that strays from traditional gender roles in Westeros is not considered normative, it is a marginalized phenomenon. While some fans argue that 'Game of Thrones' is feminist, I protest; there is not a single female character who possesses or demonstrates power that is not tempered by their female gender. “Gender can only be “chosen” within the parameters of culturally available terms that always pre-exist the subject” (Smith 2004).