[HPforGrownups] Re: Lockhart - Yuck! -- sexism/banality of evil

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 19829

Schlobin at aol.com wrote:

> But rarely are men blamed for being attracted to good looking
> worthless women (Veela)...it's the women who tend to be labeled...

But isn't the portrayal of Harry's and Ron's reactions to the veela
pretty well on the foolish, unthinking, visceral, stupid side? And don't
we have Arthur Weasley right there, showing not all men are like that
and supplying the moral? I think a balance has been neatly struck, not
one-sided at all, in this case.

--Amanda


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