The lack of female highlights during anglo - saxons times confirms that females were not as valued as men were in the Anglo-saxon times.In the poem it states that out of all the people that were:”snatched up thirty men, smashed them”, Beowulf none of them were found to be women. During this time is when Grendel couldn’t win in a battle against Beowulf ,because he was in the hands of God, and he had protected him from Grendel. It confirms that there were never any women killed during the Anglo-saxons period.The people in the story of Beowulf are all mainly male figures, no female figures are specifically mentioned aside. There could had been females that died , but they only accused men had died.Also in the poem it claims that men fought against
