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depends, if they happen to worship any other deity than Lolth (yes using the surface spelling) like Ghaunadar, Ellistraee, or even the human goddess Shar (like the drow chick in BG2) Those religions are all "underground" (if you'll pardon the expression) and while not nonexistant they are completely hidden, and a female of such a religion would definitely want to leave. Then there's also females who aren't priests, and yes there are a few, mostly in houses that specialize in wizardly magic for offense and defense as opposed to clerical magic, while important and of high status in the city, they are definitely looked down upon by the clerics. There are also those who lack clerical ability or the intelligence to be a magic user, they are more likely to turn to the fighting/thieving arts (becoming one, the other, or both). In fact in the 2nd ed Menzoberranzen game I'm currently running tabletop that is the situation with the house wizard (House Vandree) she's a wild mage and of great status, but still gets looked down upon, even by the male priest (although he walks a fine line).
Give me a bit of time to get current games settled into a pattern and I'll see if I have time to join in.
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