transcription: in lotr the word "man" is only used for human men so now im imagining like, someone: "are you a man or a woman?" pippin: "im a hobbit" someone: "but whats in your trousers?" pippin: "mostly snacks"
They are a different race, what if they have different genitals? Or no genitals? They might not even reproduce what if they just grow from mushrooms in the woods and there entire purpose is to die on the mushrooms and bring all that fertilizer back to the fungus?