A tyrant, the tyranny of evil humans, not just evil men/males. A shepard might seem to be a good natured humanitarian on the surface, doing charitable things for
people, integrating people of all walks of life, feeding the hungry, and so on, but the shepard will always think of himself as more powerful and closer to god than the
sheep, which is why the shepard thinks of himself/herself as leading the
sheep/herd of people from behind, walking behind them with a
cane (it's interesting how cane and the biblical name Cain sound the same, though they are spelled differently).
The
girl thought of herself as the shepard, and of others as the
sheep, looking to her for guidance and preaching, and
never questionig her authority or what she actually practiced herself.