[HPforGrownups] Cinderella syndrome

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 31655



--- jenbe_me <jenbea at snail-mail.net> wrote:

>   Giving it a bit of thought, I think some of it
> might be attributed 
> to a kind of... Cinderella syndrome. Where every
> girl must end up at 
> the end of her story with her prince, and live
> happily ever after. 

   I would like to point out for the record that most
*male* heroes also end up getting married, (to a
beautiful princess normally) and living happily ever
after.

 What would you have thought if
> Ron had not been 
> able to find a date for the Yule ball, but had gone
> anyway? Perfectly 
> acceptable, right?  What if Hermione hadn't been
> able to find a date 
> for the Yule ball? Should she have gone anyway or
> stayed in her room? 
> There's a double standard there. 

Not by me. I went to my prom alone, (no pity please, I
didn't want a date. In fact I only went at all because
it's supposed to be such a big important thing -
looked like any dance to me) so did a number of other
girls and any number of boys. 
The Yule ball was a big thing all sorts of celebrities
where there not to mention the Weird Sisters. I
imagine quite a lot of third years and aboves went
alone, just to be there.

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