[HPforGrownups] Re: Gender balance/strong women Madam Pomfrey in particular

[Alexandra Y. Kwan]

No: HPFGUIDX 15031

Hello,

> Pomfrey's role. She is
> a nurse and as such, has a very important part in
> the health & welfare of
> the students and staff. She does a bit more than
> merely "clean up."

The stereotype has always been that the doctors are
male and nurses female, because doctors are seen as
more important than nurses.  Although a school
presumably doesn't need a doctor, by having the school
nurse as female, the book is conforming to stereotypes
that had been in our culture for at least half a
century.  Nurses *are* important, but doctors get more
respect.

little Alex


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