Women vs. desire of the ring

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Ibrîniðilpathânezel

But I think that I would not say that ambition is a key; rather, I would call it need. Granted, to ambitious persons, anything that will further their ambition can be perceived as a need. But I think that hobbits like Bilbo and Frodo and Sam were able to resist for as long as they did because they had little in the way of the kinds of need that Elrond and Gandalf and even Boromir had, due to their greater responsibilities.

It isn't a question of gender, though, which was my point.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

It isn't a question of gender, though, which was my point.

And my point too.

[Ibrîniðilpathânezel]

And a perfectly well-taken point. Women are just as vulnerable to the lure of the Ring as men.