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Elendur · 07-13-2002, 03:53 AM

I must say that my lack of vocabulary knowledge and my inability to express what I think in words has got me in trouble again. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

I think that women were not unimportant or servile. That is quite opposite of what I think. I just meant to say that what they do in the stories is not considered to be something heroic or some very notable act. The men go out and fight heroicly while the women head for the hills and hope not to be attacked. So some people might get the idea that Tolkien is sexist, but he isn't at all. That was just their role in life (like you said Child of the 7th Age).

07-13-2002, 03:53 AM	#18
Elendur Wight Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Arnor Posts: 200	I must say that my lack of vocabulary knowledge and my inability to express what I think in words has got me in trouble again. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] I think that women were not unimportant or servile. That is quite opposite of what I think. I just meant to say that what they do in the stories is not considered to be something heroic or some very notable act. The men go out and fight heroicly while the women head for the hills and hope not to be attacked. So some people might get the idea that Tolkien is sexist, but he isn't at all. That was just their role in life (like you said Child of the 7th Age). __________________ Son of Isildur.