Darlin', I spend my life surrounded by Orcs. I don't need to go actively hunting them out.
And besides, I'm too busy at home shaving my feet ;-)
Happygal (of Hobbiton)
The point is, it’s easy to see why Tolkien could come across as having a dislike of women.
Her statement there is pure bull pucky. The women in the story are either beautiful, powerful, or both, and all have virtue and grace. LoTR is a lot of things, but it spends much of it time being a grand war epic. That is the realm of the male. Chicks in the 40's when Tolkien was writing, did not go to war. And yet, in his story he creates one who bravely did just that.
Only a very shallow person could find dislike of women in this story.
Miss HairOfTheDog....
May I suggest shaving a little higher there?
Oh boy, now I've torn it...
Your friend,
Orc, er, I mean, Argh
Hi, Hair!