Ginger's problem with Sex

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" 
<quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> 
> I'm having a problem with Sex in the WW (2.17.4).  It has no 
> definition and has a large number of seperate topics in it, most of 
> which are already coded to other (better) areas, and others could 
> well be.  

> I'm not even sure what this category is supposed to be about, and 
why it is in the middle of SHIPping.  So I am going to leave it for 
now, go on to the rest of the SHIP posts, and await the feedback of 
those who have a clue.

Carolyn:
It came about because people were coming across stuff that wasn't 
about SHIPping in the sense of who fancied who, but was more about 
attitudes to sex in the WW. It went under SHIPping for the same 
reason that anti-SHIPping is there - arguments about whether 
relationships are important/relevant to the story/even going on etc. 

Because of this, you could make a case for this section and anti-
SHIPping to be moved up to the lit crit section. However, there is a 
certain continuity and train of thought in keeping it all together in 
this section.. what do other people think?

Of the posts that you have found, I'd suggest that the following 
probably meet the original concept for the category:

> 
> Sex at Hogwarts. (Are they? Aren't they?  What I did during my 
> terms...) 10 posts
>  
> Maturing desires of characters. 5 posts.
> 
> Sex as humour.  1 post.
>

The following stray further into lit crit topics, but could be kept 
in this category for convenience:

> Would JKR write about sex? (Is this for kids?) 6 posts.
>
> Sexual overtones (ie Tom's "hungry eyes", Harry "saving" Ron in the 
> 2nd task) read as sexual, although not implied in the text.  13 
posts.
>

The following could be moved to other codes that we have:

> Psych assesments.  3 posts.
> 
> Family planning/sex ed./healthcare relating to sex.  8 posts.

> Gender.  1 post.  (should really be under portrayals of men/women)
> 

Since a huge amount of TBAY operates on this basis, probably these 
are not relevant (!):

> TBAY theories that assume someone is having sex or wants to have 
sex with someone.  2 posts.
>