I don't see any similarities between Scythian women fighters and the role of women in Turkic/Mongol military warfare. Turkic/Mongol military culture was just as patriarchal as modern day Pashtuns are, not considering the fact that Pashtuns are influenced by Islamic culture now, which is patriarchal to begin with. You can't compare it to ancient history.
But from all cultures in the world, Iranic military culture has recorded the most amount of participating women fighters in ancient history. Persians had woman officers, Massagatae had women fighers, as well as the Sarmatians and Scythians. These people were all Iranian, culturally and linguistically. In Iran there is also a culture of female soldiers, but that has been countered by Islamic political influence at the time, but in the society overall these elements are clear.
Even today you can see that with the Kurds, where women are involved in all kinds of military functions.
That Kurdish women are involved in millitary functions doesn't change the fact that honor killings seem to be a serious cultural misogynistic problem of Kurds. Here in Germany almost all honor killings are practiced by Kurds but it's us Turks who are seen as backward women hating Muslims because in German media all Kurds are portrayed as "Turks" just because they carry mostly the Turkish passport. I don't say that Turks never commit honor killings but it's rare compared to Kurds and the honor killing stronholds in Turkey are also mainly in Kurdish regions like Southeastern Anatolia. The culture of Honor killings are totally alien for Turkic peoples and Mongols but it seems to be very popular among Iranic Pashtuns and Kurds
Of course the society of Turks and Mongols was also patrichal just like the culture of Pashtuns and Scythians but it's wrong to say that Turks and Mongols hadn't women in military functions. We can easily say that women in the Mongol empire had the highest status in the society compared to other cultures in that time
Here are just some informnations about the role of women in Turkic and Mongol socities
Oghuz Turks:
Status within the family was based on age, gender, relationships by blood, or marriageability. Males as well as females were active in society, yet men were the backbones of leadership and organization. According to the Book of Dede Korkut which demonstrates the culture of the Oghuz Turks, women were "expert horse riders, archers, and athletes." The elders were respected as repositories of both "secular and spiritual wisdom."
The famous Arab traveler and Muslim scholar Ibn Fadlan about the Oghuz Turkic women:
"Their women do not cover from their men and from others of them, and also a woman does not cover anything of her body from anybody of the people. And really, in one of the days we stopped at a man of theirs and sat down, and the wife of this person sat together with us. And, talking to us, she opened her "fardj" and scratched it while we looked at her. Then we closed our faces and said: "My God, Forgive me!" The husband of hers laughed and said to the translator: "Tell them, - we open it in your presence and you see it, and she protects it so, that there is no access to it. It is better, than if she would cover it and (at the same time) would concede it to somebody".
The role of Mongol women:
Mongolian women traditionally perceived themselves to have a higher social status than women in many other Asian societies, but were still subordinate to men. Many were herdswomen and mothers, but during the Middle Ages some served as warriors or as members of the Khuriltai, a Mongolian governmental council. Some women even served in commanding roles during military operations. Their status in the active field, however, may have declined with the rise of Buddhist and after the Manchu victory.
Compared to other civilizations, Mongolian women had the power to influence society. Even though men were dominant in society, many turned to women in their lives for advice. While developing organizations within the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan asked for assistance from his mother. He honored the advice women in his life offered. Genghis Khan permitted his wives to sit with him and encouraged them to voice their opinions. Because of their help, Genghis was able to choose his successor.
Women in Turkmenistan
The role of women in Turkmenistan has never conformed to Western stereotypes about Muslim women.[3] Although a division of labor exists and women usually are not visible actors in political affairs outside the home, Turkmen women have never worn a veil similar to that of the women of some of its neighboring countries.[3] As Turkmenistan is a tribal nation, customs regarding women can vary within the country: for example, women in the eastern part of the country are permitted to drink some alcohol whereas women who live in the central portion of the country, particularly those of the Tekke tribe, are not permitted to imbibe alcohol. Most women possess a host of highly specialized skills and crafts, especially those connected with the household and its maintenance
Even if the Scythians had only spoke Eastern Iranian languages which is very doubtful. That doesn't change the fact that the Sakas of Central Asia took a great part on the ethnogenesis of modern Turkic peoples. Scythians don't live further in Persians or Kurds, they live further in Turkic peoples like Kazakhs, Turkmens, Uzbeks, Uyghurs and Kyrgyz. The Turkic peoples haven't exterminated the Scythians when they established empires and started to dominate Central Asia. They mixed with Scythians and assimilated them. It's not a coincedince that Scythians suddenly disappeared from Central Asia in world history when the Türks appeared in the 6th century. They were absorbed and linguistically assimilated by Turks. Iranic peoples don't give their daughters the name Tomris but Turkic peoples do it
