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autumnhobbit · 2 months

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please keep telling me how sexist tolkien was with lines like “All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more.” hot DAMN.

bro

#i mean it’s very clearly a case of she’s not wrong but her argument is entirely wrapped up in her own perspective #and unmet needs #she is just as brave and capable and faithful as her uncle and brother #and yet her work is thankless and expected of her #it’s not that she envies the men’s work she envies that they are remembered and renowned #and no honor is shown to her for work that is equally as important sacrificial and dangerous #if anything it’s kind of a callout for those who degrade ‘women’s work’#lotr

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