[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry and Women (WAS Logic and Math of Sexism )

[kelly broughton]

No: HPFGUIDX 41368



The original question:

> > And given that Harry's going to have normal
> > hormones, do you think he'll start to see girls as more than
> > one-dimensional?  (All too many real-life men don't, even after
they're full grown.)
> 


Debbie's answer:

--- elfundeb at aol.com wrote:
Finally, an easy question!  
No.  Harry's friendship with Hermione ensures that he sees girls as more
than 
crush objects.

Actually, don't you mean 'Yes'? :)

Ah, I'm not so sure here. Harry seems to fall into the typical male
(mis)understanding of the female role (Virgin/Whore); most males tend to
view women as one or the other. And his friendship with Hermione is just
that- a friendship (she's not even a sister). Unlike Ron, it didn't even
occur to him to ask Hermione to the Yule Ball, and Ron himself just
assumed that she would go with him just because she is his friend... note
that Ron did *not* ask her to accompany him bc he was starting to view her
as a girl who likes to be appreciated for things other than her mind.
Indeed, Ron (and Harry) tease her bc someone else actually found her
attractive.

There has been discussion not too long ago about the issue of sexuality in
the stories, and I am hoping that Harry will come to understand that
females are not just one or the other... when he finally does get around
to becoming curious about the opposite sex. I do wonder if it's simply bc
Harry (and Ron, by having so many brothers) just really has not been
exposed to many different types of women while growing up, and bc of his
preadolescence, it wouldn't occur to him to wonder now. But surely the day
will come, if it hasn't already, when he realises that he will need to
give the girls/women in his life a closer look, and see what they have to
teach him.

-kel





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