Why can't men have power in Wheel of Time?

The One Power not being safe for men in Wheel of Time can be attributed to the actions of the Dark One and how the True Source is divided. The One Power consists of two halves, saidin and saidar. Saidin is what men use when they access the Source, whereas women draw upon saidar.
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Why can't men use the One Power in Wheel of Time?

Because the male half of the True Source was tainted by the Dark One, men never have good experiences with the One Power in Wheel of Time. All men who possess the One Power are doomed to be a victim of Madness, which is what happened to the original Dragon.
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Do men have powers in The Wheel of Time?

The One Power is a form of magic in The Wheel of Time. People who can wield the One Power are called channelers. The only known organization of channelers is the Aes Sedai, which is all-female. Lifetimes ago, both men and women could wield the One Power, but the male half of the power was corrupted by the Dark One.
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Why are there no male Aes Sedai?

Known as “The Breaking of the World,” this incident only ended when the female Sedai put down every male. Since then, no male Aes Sedai has been allowed to survive for fear of this all happening again.
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Does Wheel of Time have strong female characters?

But unlike Game of Thrones, The Wheel of Time takes it a step further. In adapting author Robert Jordan's 14-book universe from page to screen, the new Amazon series elevates its already strong female characters in a way that allows them to be more than the foil to their male counterparts.
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Who is the strongest in The Wheel of Time?

The Wheel Of Time: The 10 Most Powerful Characters
  • 8 Perrin.
  • 7 Rand.
  • 6 Egwene.
  • 5 Liandrin.
  • 4 Alanna.
  • 3 Siuan.
  • 2 Moiraine.
  • 1 Nynaeve.
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Can the Dragon Reborn be a woman?

While the Dragon is explicitly a male character in the books (in part because men and women draw from separate sources of magic), the show version of The Wheel of Time opens the possibility of the Dragon being a woman.
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Can men sense saidar?

Only men can touch saidin and only women can touch saidar and neither can even sense the other half.
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Why can rand use the true power?

Rand, who was able to draw upon the True Power due to his strange link with Moridin, described the amount of energy that he held when first grasping it as being similar to drawing Power from both Choedan Kal, likely reflecting the level of access to the True Power that Moridin himself had.
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Is Rand The Strongest in Wheel of Time?

Rand is the prophesied savior of the world, and so he is very powerful. He has the ability to channel the One Power, the force that drives the turning of the Wheel of Time. While many can wield the One Power, Rand is one of the strongest channelers.
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Can Perrin turn into a wolf?

Based on this, it does not seem dependent on age as the onset of channeling is. We do know, however, that Perrin's eyes transform to their wolf-like yellow a day or two after he talks to wolves for the first time but that meeting Elyas seemed to have no immediate effect.
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Is Rand Al Thor a channeler?

Channeling abilities

At level ++1, Rand al'Thor is as strong in the One Power as it is possible to be. The only channelers we know of the same strength are the Forsaken Ishamael and Rahvin.
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What is the flaw in Callandor?

Callandor is flawed because much like Vora's Sa'angreal (The one that Egwene uses in The Last Battle, and the White Tower Raid) it does not have the buffer that keeps the user safe from taking too much of the power within them, or keeps them from being forced into linking/circles.
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Is Cadsuane stronger than Egwene?

Cadsuane (5) is stronger than Elayne/Egwene (8) by far, and almost as strong as Nyneave(4).
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Can male channelers see female weaves?

While active male channellers do not glow, a male channeller can see the weaves the other man is channelling, without having to channel or hold saidin himself, provided the other man isn't reversing his weaves (or actively holding/maintaining an inverted weave).
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Who are the 5 possible Dragon Reborn?

At the beginning of the show, Moiraine (Rosamund Pike) of the Aes Sedai determined that the Dragon Reborn must be one of five young villagers from the Two Rivers: Rand (Josha Stradowski), Perrin (Marcus Rutherford), Mat (Barney Harris), Egwene (Madeleine Madden), or Nynaeve (Zoë Robins).
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Who is the dark one in The Wheel of Time?

The Dark One (whose real name is Shai'tan) is the all-powerful antagonist in Jordan's "Wheel of Time" books. He is the Dragon's greatest enemy, and preparing Rand for the battle the season leads up to has been Moiraine's primary mission in the series.
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Is Mat evil Wheel of Time?

It stands to reason that the Fade – and not Mat – was the real killer in episode 4. This means that Mat didn't actually do anything evil, but he still could if the dagger remains in his possession. In Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books, the ruby-hilted dagger left a dark taint on Mat's soul.
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Is the Dragon Reborn the strongest?

The Dragon Reborn is important because he's the reincarnation of Lews Therin Telamon aka The Dragon, who has a reputation as the most powerful channeler of the One Power in all of history.
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Who is stronger than Nynaeve?

Nynaeve is the strongest Aes Sedai. However, among the Light siders, Alivia is far stronger and Sharina will become stronger. I would say that Alivia > Cyndane, instead of both tied at level 20 (Lanfear at 21).
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Is Logain more powerful than Nynaeve?

According to this Logain is more powerful than Nynaeve by several levels.
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How strong is Callandor?

With callandor rand could "level a city with one blow". the most powerful explosion he can make unaided are akin to big conventional bombs, and leveling a city is a power akin to a nuclear bomb.
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Who put Callandor in tear?

Rand's Taking of Callandor. After fighting Ba'alzamon over Falme and spending the winter in the shadow of the mountains, Rand begins to dream of Callandor, as though it is calling to him (TDR, Ch. 6). He decides to set off to Tear, alone, to bring the matter to a conclusion.
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What is the white stone at the end of Wheel of Time?

Moiraine gives Rand a special stone called the Sa'angreal. She tells him that when the time would come, Rand would be able to channel consciously and would be able to proliferate the power manifold with the help of the Sa'angreal.
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Who is Rand's father Wheel of Time?

Janduin - a clan chief of the Taardad Aiel and father of Rand al'Thor.
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