It is simply a reflection of the time the books were meant to take place in. Keep in mind that even in the united states weren't even really liberated until a very short time ago. And the majority of women around the world still arent. I think that the fact that tolkien didnt use women as much as men means nothing really. Now if he had put wmen down it would be a diffrent story of course, but he didnt.
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