"House of the Dragon" aspires to treat its women better than the creators of "Game of Thrones." That shouldn't be that tough in some respects, considering the goodwill its producers earned by assuring us that it wouldn't present rape as an entertainment device.
Others will take a bit more effort to overcome, like the original's tendency to present women in power as dangerous and lacking the temperament to lead, the exception being Sansa Stark. Before she could be named Queen in the North, the writers decided she had to be manipulated and brutalized. Ultimately she got the job because no male Stark was around to run the place.
