Why is the bathroom so important in Potterverse?

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Xandersgirl18" <SusanXG at h...> wrote:
> Hey all!
> 
> I normally just lurk, but I was just thinking about this the other 
> day and I had to pose it to the group. 
> 
> Why is the bathroom so important in Potterverse?
> 
> Many big things have happened in the bathroom...
> 
> -A Troll attacked Hermione in PS/SS
> -Moaning Myrtle haunt a toliet in CoS onward
> -The Polyjuice Potion was brewed and kept hidden there in CoS
> -The entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was in a bathroom
> -Harry figures out the second task in the prefect's bathroom in GoF
> 
> Am I missing anything else?
> 
> Any interesting theories? 

> Susan :o)


Along with everything else in the books, I believe it to be 
symbolic.  The bathroom symbolizes privacy, but it also symbolizes 
vulnerability.