Jenbea's sex question
joytest999
joym999 at aol.com
Wed Dec 12 17:31:42 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 31395
I thought Jenbea asked a good question about sex at Hogwarts (as
opposed to sex in the HP books, an entirely different question). One
thing that struck me about Hogwarts, in general, is how little adult
supervision the students have, especially at night. When McGonagall
visits the Gryffindor Common room to get the Firebolt, Harry remarks
that it is only the second time (in 3 years) that he's seen her
there. The teachers seem to rely on the prefects to keep order
within the common rooms. While that would seem to be sufficient,
especially if all the prefects are pedantic, self-important prigs
like Percy Weasley. But remember, not even Percy is immune to
teenage hormones....who knows what else he and Penelope Clearwater
were up to aside from the kissing that Ginny saw? And what the rest
of the Gryffindors were up to while Percy was, um, busy with
Penelope.
And remember that Christmas holidays, when Hermione just walks right
into Harry and Ron's bedroom? Granted, there are very few students
are around during the holidays, but still.
There has to be a fair amount of sexual activity at Hogwarts,
especially among the older students. I'd like to think that the
wizarding world is more accepting about these things, and has magical
sex ed classes where they teach the students anti-contraception
spells. I imagine there are some parents, probably the Malfoys, who
object to these classes and are lobbying for saltpeter potion to be
mixed with the pumpkin juice, though.
--Joywitch M. Curmudgeon
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