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03-05-2004, 01:29 AM

The male and female gender never was equal, and never will. I understand the sentiment for political equality, like suffrage and equal education, but nothing more. Nothing could ever change the fact that the two are fundamentally different. Would a woman want the right to have an Adam's apple, or some other things men do? If she would, then that is out of insecurity, if nothing else.

Éowyn was insecure. She thought of herself as of the House of Eorl first, and a woman second. And it pains her to see Théoden, Théodred, and Éomer have all the fun. She thought she was supposed to be their equal. She was not. She was more than that. She was a woman.

03-05-2004, 01:29 AM	#31
The Red Arrow Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Sexism The male and female gender never was equal, and never will. I understand the sentiment for political equality, like suffrage and equal education, but nothing more. Nothing could ever change the fact that the two are fundamentally different. Would a woman want the right to have an Adam's apple, or some other things men do? If she would, then that is out of insecurity, if nothing else. Éowyn was insecure. She thought of herself as of the House of Eorl first, and a woman second. And it pains her to see Théoden, Théodred, and Éomer have all the fun. She thought she was supposed to be their equal. She was not. She was more than that. She was a woman.