Why their were no women in the fellowship

[lothlorien]

Hi I don't know if this has already been done but I was wondering the other day why Tolkien made the fellowship be all guys.

At first I thought ok maybe in his time women weren't meant to fight but as I thought about it more I came up with another reason reply and let me know what you think.

I think the reason tolkien didn't put any women in the fellowship is because it might have lead to problems within the fellowship itself (and I'm not being sexist I'm a girl). I mean if you think about it 9 guys would probably do better than if you had 8 guys and 1 woman or 7 guys and 2 women I think it might have created problem's and I did say might I mean guys travelling for so many months with one or 2 women I think emotions would have been strong for each other and a girl being their might have created rivelry and issues anyway that's just what I think. Reply and let me know what you think .

Lothlorien