Gender balance/strong women

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 15091

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Schlobin at a... wrote:
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> 
> Oh, well, we women will just have to understand therefore that we 
> can only be 13% of the book..after all, it's the creative 
> imagination....
> 
> Funny that it's never the other way around

That's kind of fatalistic, isn't it?

First because sometimes it *is* the other way around.  Surely you've 
read books with great, strong female characters?  I have!

Secondly, I was defending JKR in saying that we can't expect her 
imagination to work differently than it does, but that doesn't mean 
that there aren't those working now, and more to come in the future, 
who are writing, and will continue to write from their own 
imaginations, that will be inspired to write strong, wonderful female 
characters.  I'm just saying that those who don't can't necessarily 
force themselves to do so and still write at the same level of 
quality.  


kimberly