Gender balance If HP were a girl

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> > 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.
> 


Amanda responds:
> 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
> 
> 
Susan responds to Amanda:

Well, not to be arguMENtative or anything (not ME!), but then maybe 
there would have only been 10,000 of us reading the books rather than 
10 million, and I could have had a better chance of personal dialogue 
with JKR. AND I could have continued to post off topic posts without 
fear of expulsion.

(Note, please, this is a joke. I obviously am hopeless at numbers, 
and worse at logic...(so am I saying Harry should have been a girl so 
less people would have read the books?

Susan

Susan