The "Fair" Sex in LotR

[Child of the 7th Age]

Yes, I have the Time article and shudder to read parts of it. The part in italics makes me cringe:

Where are the women? Peter Jackson filled out Liv Tyler's role for the movies (it's much less prominent in Tolkien's version), but the Fellowship is still as much of a boys' club as Augusta National.

"Tolkien's version"? .....Grr!! I enjoyed the movie, and will happily scamper to the threater on December 18, but I do know the difference between THE ORIGINAL BOOK, and the film adaption made by PJ. This writer apparently does not! I'm sorry, but as good as the film is, it is not in the same class as the book.

Want to lay odds that the people who wrote these articles--Jess Cagle and Lev Grossman-- never even read LotR in full? And I somehow doubt they are familiar with any of the numerous strong female characters in Silm. That is, if they've even heard of the Silmarillion.