[HPforGrownups] Gender balance If HP were a girl

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 14819

Sofie 'Melle' Werkers wrote:

> 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.

LOL! So right.

> I wanted *action*, and apprently, books with action have male
> protagonists.

Pretty much true.

> 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.

Well, out of your own mouth, perceptions of female hero-characters and
male hero-characters exist for many people and might have had an impact.
Even if the books had a female in an action role, if the perception
dissuaded them from reading the book at all, there would have been an
impact.

--Amanda


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