Are Tolkiens Books Sexist?

[Lush]

Sweet, now that we're back at square one, let us have clarity.

Bombs, dearest, of course I understand your habit of getting personal. I just think that practicing restraint may prevent this thread from being closed down.

Haven't heard of Camelian, but wouldn't mind checking it out, for recreational reading.

As for the prostitution issue in general, I think we are not just beating, we are pulverizing a dead horse. 'Cause we pretty much seem to agree.

Last time that I checked heterosexual men are attracted to some but not all women and ”pretty” was no guarantee (though perhaps a bonus for the chance) of the attraction being there. I of cource to a degree see these things subjectively. Maybe there are men out there somewhere who really conform to the stereotype of an ape drooling after everyone with d+ cupsize and b- waist. I have noticed men drooling over slightly different things in real life then in TV however, myself included. Including myself does not mean that I know it all, but at least gives me one more unit of undeniable source material then you Lush has. Why do men sleep with the lookers and marry the grey types anyway (just to go from one invalid stereotype to another)?

I think you're taking my quote out of context. I was stating a simple fact of biology. Men lick their lips at women they consider attractive, and women do the same for men they consider attractive (or, uh, at least I do). Bringing in waist measurements here is, I think, a little beside the point.

As for the whole stereotype of men marrying the grey ones....Well, maybe that's because a great deal of ordinary (i.e. average) men can't keep "the lookers". [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] The exceptional must be paired with the exceptional. Actually, that's more of an opinion of mine than anything. Seems that it's an opinion that Tolkien might have shared, at least based on the story of Arwen and Aragorn. I don't believe in most generalizations. They make me yawn.