[HPforGrownups] Re: Gender balance/strong women

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 15115

Schlobin at aol.com wrote:

> 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....

Leavening in bread is considerably less than 13% of the whole
loaf....and the bread would fall flat without it! I subscribe to the
quality argument, over the quantity--the *overall* effect is not one of
bias, at least not to me. And there's still three books to go,
characters to meet, kids to get older, etc.!

> Funny that it's never the other way around

Oh, yes it is, and you know it! There's plenty of women-centric
literature out there. But anyone who's recently had a root canal can be
grumpy--we let pregnant women be, equal time, guys...

--Amanda


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