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Title text: No, we actually do have a woman who's basically part of our fellowship. She lives in Rivendell, you wouldn't know her.

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[–] feedum_sneedson 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (31 children)

"Why are there no women or children in this band of medieval warriors? Social and societal division of labour, what's that?"

[–] Ignacio 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

LOTR is not set in the medieval period. Its a made up era with made up cultures and made up magic. And if you're going to get all Thermian argument about it, LOTR lore has many female warriors.

[–] feedum_sneedson 2 points 1 year ago

Okay, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What does Thermian mean again?

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