Hogwarts: "We don't drown in sex appeal"

[Charmian]

No: HPFGUIDX 8630

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> >Is the lack of sexy teachers at Hogwarts (male or female) part
> >of JKR's stereotyping of school employees?
> 
> You're forgetting Remus "Such a great guy, and needs taking care of 
too, 
> very appealing to us maternal types" Lupin.
> 
> But I've noticed the lack of sex appeal too.  Or rather, the 
unpartnered 
> status of most of the teachers.  It could be stereotyping or could 
just 
> reflect JKR's need to focus on the matters at hand.

Fact is, we don't really know much about most of the teachers. Since 
we don't know very much about so many of them, we can't really 
conclude that they're all celibate. Hmmm. The only other thing I 
recall reading that had an English boarding school was Decline and 
Fall, and some people almost did get married, so I don't think it was 
unheard of. 

Plus there's the fact that the novels are all told from the viewpoint 
of Harry, and we only know what Harry knows and cares to think about. 
Harry and co. probably aren't interested in the personal lives of the 
teachers, although there is a part, I think, where he does briefly 
wonder what Dumbledore does over the summer (there is no summer 
school at Hogwarts, I guess). 

Charmian