"Okonkwo was deeply grieved. And it was not just a personal grief. He mourned for the clan which he saw breaking up and falling apart, and he mourned for the warlike men of Umuofia, who had so unaccountably become soft like women." p.g. 183
Okonkwo's people are kind of stuck were they are, because losing friends and family to this new religion. Even though they would like to attack they can't, because if they attack they wouldn't stand a chance against the white people because. They also can't attack because they can't kill clansmen, which are all the converts. So when he says they had unaccountably become soft like women, he means because they can't do anything without causing more pain to their village.
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