Tolkien- For the Love of Eowyn! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 08-09-2004, 03:20 AM

Having just read HI's original post..... well it is an oversimplification to say that men and women are different - though not untrue ..... sometimes the mind is not in alignment with the body ...... some men have feminized brains and some women masculinisxed ones, possibley due to hormone influences in utero ...

Also abart from the "nature" ... look at "nurture" - Eowyn was raised from an early age without real female role models - orphaned she goes to live with a widowed uncle, his son and her brother ...all who are or become mighty warriors..... especially given that her aunt died in childbirth it isn't surprising that she seems to reject her femininity....

It is so easy to understand her frustration......it is so very recently even in the west that women have had a choice .....

08-09-2004, 03:20 AM	#11
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Having just read HI's original post..... well it is an oversimplification to say that men and women are different - though not untrue ..... sometimes the mind is not in alignment with the body ...... some men have feminized brains and some women masculinisxed ones, possibley due to hormone influences in utero ... Also abart from the "nature" ... look at "nurture" - Eowyn was raised from an early age without real female role models - orphaned she goes to live with a widowed uncle, his son and her brother ...all who are or become mighty warriors..... especially given that her aunt died in childbirth it isn't surprising that she seems to reject her femininity.... It is so easy to understand her frustration......it is so very recently even in the west that women have had a choice ..... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace