[Vardadurwen]

I've wanted to start a thread concerning this topic for a long time but I have been a bit busy as of late. Thanks for bringing it up, eleanor_niphredil.<P>A friend of mine, who is also a pretty big feminist, said that what she disliked most about The Two Towers was the fact that Eowyn mentioned that the woman could fight but they never did! I calmed her down by telling her that Eowyn does have a much bigger role in Return of the King and that we would hope to see her in some sword-fighting action then.<P>To me, The Lord of the Rings has always seemed rather medieval, with the thoughts of dragons and wizards. And, clearly, during medieval times, woman were not considered to be much of anything, let alone warriors. So I never really thought it a big deal that the woman were not fighting much. <P>Since men are generally tougher than women, we might be made to infer that the women would have a greater chance of dying in battle, whereas there would always be men left over. And so, if there were no women left, how would they reproduce? That might be stretching it a bit, but it's just a thought.