sexism in the WW (Was I know Molly.....)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 84205

> I think the WW is a lot less sexist than you're trying to make it 
> out to be.  My Dad used to repeat this old saying sometimes, "God 
> made men and women, Smith and Wesson made them equal".  Magic pretty 
> much levels the playing field, wouldn't you say?  And it's not a 
> recent invention, it's something they've always had. I don't think 
> there's too much wife-beating going on in the WW.  Look at the 
> founders of Hogwarts, however-many hundreds of years back.  Half of 
> them were female, so that should tell you something right there.  No, 
> if there is sexism in the WW, it would be imported from the contact 
> they've had with muggles.
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I agree with most of what you've said. There does seem to be
very little sexism in the working portion of the WW (and Molly's
decision to be a stay-at-home mom with lots of kids is her own
choice). But it appears from Harry's glimpse of Snape's memories in
the Pensieve that Severus's father was extremely abusive and both his
wife and his little son were terrified of him. That's an individual
instance of a man dominating a woman and a child, I realize, but it
has nothing to do with the influence of the muggle world.

Carol