Definitely. I think people are used to this modern society with equal rights for men and women. When they are exposed to other kinds of societies, they immediately judge them based on our values, which is an egregious mistake. Societies should not be judged based on others' values. They shouldn't be judged at all.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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