[Keneldil the Polka-dot]

I think the examples listed by Amyrlis lay that issue to rest beyond a doubt. I don't understand how someone who can actually read could say JRRT was sexist. I think perhaps some of the female charcters suffer because characterization is pretty thin in JRRT's writing, a result of his style (remote, fairy tale/legend) not his views on women. The male characters suffer in exactly the same way.