Hermione the housewife?

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 9949

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Susan McGee" <Schlobin at a...> wrote:
> 
> > Playing devil's advocate here I think the operative word you used 
> is choices. What about the theory that the purpose of education is 
to 
> give you choices, not take them away. 
> 
> > 
> > What if at some point Ron wants to sit at home and bake cookies?  
> Would that be so awful? Personally I can't see that he would want 
to, 
> (after all, who really would) but that's not the issue. I deplore 
> those who tell men they are wasting their education (usually its 
> their degree) staying at home. If they use it to ensure their 
> children have a better start in life. I don't know whether it makes 
a 
> difference one way or the other. I'm the product of two  parents 
who 
> worked outside the home as well as in it, my dad never stopped 
> working outside the home!(and I don't think I'm dreadfully damaged 
by 
> the experience).
> > 
> I have had tons of education
> but who is to say that ten years down the line I won't want to take 
a 
> break and stay home with any children I may adopt. 
> 
> Ron has a lot of different role models. There's Draco, neither of 
> whose parents work inside or outside the home. Then there's 
Hermione, 
> both of her parents work inside and outside of the home. Then there 
> are his own parents, where one works in the home and the other 
works 
> for the Ministry of Magic. Or will he choose Professor McGonagall 
or 
> Hagrid as a role model, live by himself, and teach......
> 
> Susan



My point being....that the discussion on list did not even take into 
account that the boys/men might want the choice of staying home...or 
staying home and working caring for kids and the home......
I'm all for strong female role models for kids, but children need
strong role models of ALL genders...
Doesn't it say something that we can't even think outside the box 
enough about this to consider fathers as primary caregivers of 
children?
Before someone tells me (again) that I should deal with the real 
world, I would suggest that HP is not exactly the real world, but
rather a created alternate universe...

Susan