sexism regarding Hermione

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 69942

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ravenclaw Black 
<RavenclawBlack at C...> wrote:
> Actually, the thing that bothered me about the tooth-enlarging 
scene is 
> what happens afterward. At the dance Hermonie is now the star 
girl. It 
> didn't sit well with me that all of a sudden with shrunken teeth 
(and 
> her hair made up) she is considered beautiful by all, but before 
she was 
> unnoticed.

I think that it's a matter of what you are used to seeing, IMHO.  I 
used to have very long hair that I wore up at work.  When I ran into 
coworkers outside of work, many would do a double-take because 
I "looked so different" with my hair down, and wearing casual 
clothes.  If others were used to seeing Hermione with long, bushy 
hair and wearing school robes, seeing her with a sleek, elegant hair 
style and in dress robes would be a big change.  And Harry was so 
nervous about the ball that he wasn't really looking.  It didn't 
seem strange to me that people were surprised by her appearance.

Ravenclaw Bookworm