[HPforGrownups] Re: Wizarding Caste System [was: In Defense of Hermione]

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 26684

Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch wrote:

>      Others on the list have already pointed out the
> absurdity of turning a wife into her husband's
> employee, (so much for equal partnership) the only
> alternative is state subsidized stay at home Moms
> which in turn would lead to state regulation of
> housekeeping and child raising.

Actually, what makes that suggestion absurd (or another reason it
does so) is that it reduces a very complex relationship to the
merely economic level . . . which is a =reductio ad absurdum= if
I ever heard one.

The real issue with the house-elves isn't wages at all, but
freedom of choice, and I think once Hermione realizes this, her
house-elf liberation movement will be on much firmer ground. 
Hermione needs to exercise her personal strengths and =research=
the problem.  Not only does she have the house-elves themselves
to talk to, there must be documentation on their history and how
they've interacted with the wizarding world in the past.

C'mon, Hermione, hit the books.  You know how . . .  ;)


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>