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 Originally Posted by baudib
I don't think Arya recognizes authority figures, I think there are countless examples of this. For examples, she's unmoved by Beric's resurrection and the power of the Lord of Light and the BwoB in general; she hides Needle for later use.
I think this is more like Arya is hopping from host to host rather than she needs to be rescued from the big, bad, scary world.
They're classical authority figures for Arya. Her listening or lack thereof doesn't make them not authority figures. Most interesting dynamics with an authority figure includes rejection of that figure anyways.
I wouldn't say that Arya needs to be "rescued from the big bad world". It's a little more subtle than that. She might do just fine on her own, but the point is that she isn't on her own and she is being rescued and taught over and over, and the figures that do that are male authority figures.
Even Sansa doesn't have any female authority figures. If GRRM was a woman, I strongly suspect Sansa would have figures and guides of the female persuasion. But how it is now, it's pretty much Littlefinger and she never had any other. Cersei/Olenna/Cately/some septa never guided Sansa. Only one man has so far. Compare this to the fact that Arya has gotten zero guidance from women and a ton from men
Maybe my point is the most obvious one there is: a male writer tends to understand male things
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