[HPforGrownups] Gender balance If HP were a girl

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 14807


  I don't want to start the debate on whether or not there are strong female
characters in Harry Potter, but this topic did bring to mind a question that
has been on my mind for a while and I'd like to see what y'all think: Do you
think that the Harry Potter series would have become as popular as it is if
Harry had been a girl? (with a different name of course).

  ender

If Harry Potter had been a girl, I do not think as many boys would have read
it. I think that either JKR said this or someone said it to her. Girls will
read anything. Boys tend to want a "he-man hero" or a hero that they can
identify with.

Girls do not have to identify with Harry ... they can be content to have a
crush on him or identify with Hermione or Ginny. This is not, IMO, a thing
that boys at this level would ever admit to, even if boiled in oil.

Doreen