What's in it for Witches?

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No: HPFGUIDX 44011

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Irene Mikhlin" <irene_mikhlin at b...> wrote:
> The trouble with the theories is that one counter-example is enough
> to refute them. I could say many words on the topic, but
> two will do for starters: Madame Maxime.
> 
> Irene Mikhlin

She's a good start.  I'd like to add a few more words:

~Hermione.  For all her faults, she's still very intelligent, a good 
friend, and a very well-rounded character.
~Quidditch, unlike most Muggle sports, is very co-ed.  The Ravenclaw 
Seeker, all three Gryffindor Chasers, and if I recall several 
professional players are female.
~Not only are two of the Hogwarts house heads female, so were two of 
the original founders--remember, this was around the tenth or 
eleventh century, when the top two career choices for a woman 
was "wife" or "nun."  If anything, the WW might be ahead on the 
equality game.

~Christi