[HPforGrownups] Re: HGTG - don't take offense

[Carole Estes]

No: HPFGUIDX 11732


----- Original Message -----
From: <Schlobin at aol.com>

>
>
> What's the problem being called a girl? Being called "the girl"
> means there is only one significant girl in the book..that's a
> problem.
>
> What's wrong with being a typical girl? This perpetuates the
> idea that most girls are silly, giggly, stupid creatures and that
> Hermione is the exception.
>
> This is quite misogynistic.
>
> Girls are all kinds of humans these days, and so are boys.
>
> Can we be a little less 20th century please?
>
> (Susan who was heartened by her friend, a retired cop, Republican,
> white male, religious right, homeschools, talking about how he kisses
> and cuddles his boys, and will always do so)


Was this signature statement meant as a joke?  You just finished explaining
that women could be a girl if they wanted to be (and I wholeheartedly agree
with this) and to imply that stereotyping someone as just a girl was
misogynistic, then you turn around and are amazed that a conservative man
could love his kids?  What kind of stereotyping was going on in your head to
think that he would treat his kids otherwise?  Just because he's a man, or
is it because he's conservative, or religious?  Which one of those should
have made him the type not to hug and kiss his kids?

carole