The Female Fellowship

[Isilmëiel]

It seems like this whole argument is based on stereotypical images of men and women. Not all women are ready to fall apart at a broken nail. Not all men are strong. While Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, and Gimli all were strong, the hobbits weren't. I've seen males who are horribly weak and awful at fighting. I've seen girls who can kick butt. If they were choosing a Fellowship at the Council of Elrond, and they decided to only have women, they wouldn't choose the weakling females who would fail. Their goal was to throw the Ring in the Cracks of Doom, and they needed people to help that come to be. I think the women probably could have done alright in the quest, just as long as they had been chosen carefully. Their routes may be different, but they still would have made it.