[HPforGrownups] Logic and math of sexism (was Males are just as silly as females)

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 41305

Jai Marie of the intriguing name posted

Would it be possible too, to assume that perhaps girls might learn something
from the male characters, and vice versa?  I know when I was a young reader,
I didn't only identify with the girl characters.  Both the male and female
characters in the Harry Potter books have UNIVERSAL qualities, and that's
why I don't think it matters how many of each there are.

Amanda now says

Bravo and bravo and bravo again. Thank you for the voice of reason. As a
young reader, I looked for good stories, characters whose personalities
resonated with mine, situations that involved me--it was totally irrelevant
what gender they were. I have been more than a little bemused by this
gender-validation-as-function-of-effectiveness-or-percentage thing before,
and doubtless will be again, so I wanted to celebrate at least one person on
the list saying what sounds like solid story sense and not a page from a
"How to Make Your New Novel More Socially Acceptable" pamphlet.

--Amanda