Witchcraft and Wizardry: What do they teach at Hogwarts????

[gingersnape1966 <gingersnape1966@yahoo.com>]

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In the discussoin of why JKR used "School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" 
rather than just "School of Magic", and the related possible gender 
differences we can infer, Torsten wrote:
> 
> Maybe the founders were ahead of their time ... In countries whose 
languages more 
> often make a difference between male and female, there has been 
that (rather silly) 
> tendency in recent years to talk about, for example, "female 
teachers and male 
> teachers" instead of the plain term which usually is the male one.
> If Hogwarts were a "School for Wizardry", feminist witches might 
have started 
> complaining about the "discriminating" name by now. ^_~
> 
Me:  Ya know, Torsten, I think you are on the right track.  

The Wizarding world is very ahead of its time (even for now) in 
having few of the prejudices that we have on our world, but it is 
full of its own (Pureblood vs. Muggles; Werewolves, Giants, etc.).

Perhaps Hogwarts was founded in a time when the WW was not so 
enlightened.  Maybe other schools in other countries were all male, 
and Hogwarts chose "Witchcraft and Wizardry" to show that both 
genders were indeed included.  

I wish I could think of the exact quote I once heard, but it goes 
something like this:
People, by nature, will fight about anything that makes them and 
their kind seem the better.  They will fight about race; but if they 
are the same race, they will fight about religion; but if they are 
all the same religion, they will fight about gender; but if they are 
all the same gender... well, then, we won't have to worry about them 
for long, now, will we? 

Can't remember where I heard it, but it amused me and it does ring 
true of the WW compared to ours. 

5 months, 3 days, 
Ginger