[Child of the 7th Age]

I do not agree that Tolkien viewed women as being "more subservient" than men. I do think he felt that, with the realties of childbearing, they had a different role in life. While those two concepts can and are confused sometime, they are not identical.

If a person were to say that women were uniformly "subservient" to men, I would indeed call that a sexist viewpoint. However, I do not think that this is what Tolkien said.

Look at the figure of Galadriel. How could she possibly be seen in a subservient role? Or what about Luthien? I just don't see it.
Even Smeagol's Stoor family was headed by a matriarch.

I wish Tolkien would have spent more time depicting a variety of female characters. He has a few wonderful women, but we do not get as many different characterizations as I would like. But, "subservience"? ---I just don't see it.

sharon, the 7th age hobbit