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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zander" data-source="post: 1285634" data-attributes="member: 1364">Though, most likely, that was the reason Eowyn performed the deed she did in the RotK and not a (male) hobbit as in the book. Certainly, in the cinema where I saw it, Eowyn's act and accompanying line elicited cheers from several women in the audience.Both that deviation from the book and the voluble reaction of some women watching it were objectionable. The former displeased me because political didacticism in entertainment is condescending and exploitative. The latter saddened me because the only act by a female character to generate cheers from women in any of the three LotR films was one that was manifestly masculine (aggression and violence have been shown by psychologists to be overwhelmingly male characteristics). Why is it that some (possibly even many) women find masculinity in a woman appealing? The notion that a woman has to be masculine not to be suppressed by men is not supported in the LotR films: Galadriel's character is both dominant and feminine.</blockquote>