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

eldomeldo · 02-06-2004, 01:11 AM

I have not found Tolkien to be sexist, but most people seem to forget that Tolkien was born and brought up in a different era, when a womens role was different, and in that time women did tend to stay at home and run the house and take care of things when the men were away. Most of the women in that era had more power than the men, in a subtle way, just as Galadriel, Goldberry, and Eowyn, and let us not forget Arwen, they all had power in different ways. Galadriel weilded an elven ring that made Lothlorien strong and most people feared her power. You might wonder why i say Arwen had power, If Arwen had not had some power, Aragorn would not have reclaimed the throne of Gondor.

02-06-2004, 01:11 AM	#5
eldomeldo Pile O'Bones Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: wales Posts: 13	I have not found Tolkien to be sexist, but most people seem to forget that Tolkien was born and brought up in a different era, when a womens role was different, and in that time women did tend to stay at home and run the house and take care of things when the men were away. Most of the women in that era had more power than the men, in a subtle way, just as Galadriel, Goldberry, and Eowyn, and let us not forget Arwen, they all had power in different ways. Galadriel weilded an elven ring that made Lothlorien strong and most people feared her power. You might wonder why i say Arwen had power, If Arwen had not had some power, Aragorn would not have reclaimed the throne of Gondor.