Refreshing Innocence of HP Preteens

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 24620

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Mindy, a.k.a. CLH" <mindyatime at j...> 
wrote:
> Rita wrote:
> 
> "Guesses as to which room include:....the prefects' bathroom (and 
that
> its magic is that boys and girls can bathe at the same time without
> seeing each other)"
> 
> One of the lovingly refreshing things about the HP books is that it 
is
> devoid of any lurid details and has absolutely zero sexual innuendo 
or
> encounters. 

I'm not quite so sure about this - remember Harry's encounter in the 
said bathroom with Moaning Myrtle?  

I am in the middle of writing a lengthy analysis of Myrtle, because 
she disturbs me so much - but this scene in particular made me feel 
very bad for her.

Catherine