I'm not a fan of the Iliad. Never have been. That's just me. Mark Twain and Shakespeare did write about women, as I recall.
I find it interesting that several of you get upset when I discuss the manliness of British fantasy writers. Seems to be a sore point. I'm not trying to say they were gay, but I am trying to say their stories are juvenile.
Fine. Many feel that way. No problem with that opinion. But why say there are no family relationships in the books or imply that Tolken is asexual or homosexual?
Or more laughable yet, why say that British men from that era treated their wives like Muslim men do? LOL!