[HPforGrownups] Gender balance If HP were a girl

[Sofie 'Melle' Werkers]

No: HPFGUIDX 14811

<<Girls will read anything. Boys tend to want a "he-man hero" or a hero that 
they can identify with.>>

Hm. I don't think so. I think the main reason so few boys read books with 
girl protagonists is the same as why *I* never really read them. They tend 
to be, well, ... boring. At least the ones that were available to me when I 
was young. Girl protagonists have a tendency to be goody-two-shoes whose 
biggest worry seemed to be to keep their parents together or help some poor, 
starving family or whatnot.

I wanted *action*, and apprently, books with action have male protagonists. 
I never had any trouble identifying with boys, but then, my brother never 
seemed to have any trouble identifying with the girls in my Babysitter's 
Club books.

My point being, if Harry had been female, I don't think it'd have made any 
difference, as long as she had the same adventures et al that Harry has.

Sofie

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