female Death Eaters?

[Sabina Pfister]

No: HPFGUIDX 36533

Ayla Pascal wrote:

>And I have one small question about Death Eaters.  In the fourth 
>book, at the end, it almost seems like that Voldemort disregards all 
>the female Death Eaters (assuming that there are any, and that 
>assumption comes from Harry, who said to Draco at the beginning of 
>the fourth book, about his parents being out on the field in black 
>cloaks and masks, and what would he know about it).  So are there any 
>female death eaters?  I couldn't find any other references to them in 
>the GoF.  


Well, there is Mrs. Lestrange, who seems to have to be VERRRY evil in order to be accepted among her fellow Death Eaters. Do they think that women should stay at home and supervise the house-elves? I can well imagine that Lucius Malfoy would think so, and therefore I don't really believe that Narcissa was with him out on the field.
I find it interesting, how "organisations" describes by JKR as  not-so-good (MoM) to very-bad (DE) are male-dominated, while in good places (Hogwarts) both genders are represented equally. (yes, the headmaster is male, but McGonagall is deputy headmistress, and we're gonna get a female DADA teacher, yeah!) Then again, she's just being realistic. There are lots of female teachers whereas in ministries you find women mainly in less powerful positions. Now what could be an equivalent for the Death Eaters, I wonder?

Sabina