Why their were no women in the fellowship

[Lalwendë]

Oh I don't know. A female member of the Fellowship would have been very useful when it came to cooking and washing travel-stained clothes. They would have been well advised to keep the map away from her, though.

Grrr, I've risen to that particular bait...I've yet to meet a man who can read a map better than I can. I am a self-confessed map-nerd. Although I learned a long time ago never to criticise a man's map-reading, and just to keep smugly quiet while he chooses to go the wrong way...that's if he gets a chance to drive. I'm a decent cook though, I'll give you that.

Mithalwen - I reckon Aragorn would be quite well domesticated myself. All those years out in the wild having to take care of his own cooking and mending, being self-sufficient; I find a lot of ex-military men are surprisingly domestic. He'd surely be the one more inclined to do any work, I can't see Arwen doing much beyond a spot of light embroidery. I have a vision of Arwen lifting her feet in the air while Aragorn hoovers the carpet around her, "Don't move my love, I'll be done hoovering soon and then I'll get a cuppa on".

I bet Eowyn wouldn't have not joined the ride of the Rohirrim because it was a bad time of the month.

Perhaps the reason Eowyn joined the riders was because it was a bad time of the month?