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Unrelated to your original question, and not something I particularly want or intend to disparage you over, or discuss further - each to their own and all that - but I’d just be wary of dismissing entire works purely based on your perception of how women are represented, without taking into account the society in which they were written and the worlds in which they were set - I think you’ll make your life poorer for it. If anything, why not read it to see if it confirms your original impression? Plus, as I’m sure you’re aware, in LOTR there are a number of powerful and plot vital female characters, including Galadriel, Éowyn and even Shelob :)
I adore the idea that Shelob is a powerful female character, and not just a monster
Girl, I'm just not reading something I can't relate to. It's so easy to say this when you're a man and most of the fictional works are catering to you.
Developing the ability to relate to extremely different people is for me a cornerstone of my live for reading. I read (and want to read) about people that are so far from my daily life. Now, a fascist man fighting against Russia during the coldest winter of the war. I’m not a man, I am not fascist, I am not a soldier, and still it has something to share with me.
It's entirely possible reading stuff you can't relate to is how you come to be able to relate to it.
People are more than their gender, we can relate to each other on some many levels, so many ways, and we're missing out on human connections of all kinds if that's limited.