[HPforGrownups] Re: Gender balance If HP were a girl

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Celeste Chang 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 4:56 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Gender balance If HP were a girl

  >As a boy, Harry tends to keep things more quiet and to repress 
  >emotions. Males in general tend to bottle up emotion, and rarely just 
  >sit and have a nice talk. A girl usually will. As a girl, Harr-ieta 
  >(haha) might be more open about confessing certain things. 

  Not all girls are open and emotional, especially if they have experienced abuse such as what Harry experiences when he's with the Dursley's.  as a teacher I've known girls as reticent as Harry and boys who were quite emotional. It's not the norm, certainly, but it does happen.


  >And 
  besides, as a girl, she might develop some cozy feelings for >Draco once those hormones get flowing...

  Actually, I would imagine that if Harry had been a girl, Draco would have as well (Drac-ette?).  The rivalry between the two characters is a major part of the stories and a boy-girl rivalry might not have the same spark as a same-sex rivalry...though, again as a teacher, I have seen some very heated, non-romantic (trust me on this one) boy-girl rivalries.


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