[HPforGrownups] Re:sexism in the WW (Was I know Molly.....)

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 84536


> I think that Tonks and Hermione are just more aware than the men and
> boys of how much work is involved in preparing a meal. It reminds me
> of a muggle Thanksgiving in America. In my experience, the female
> guests will always volunteer to help the hostess peel the potatoes
> and set the table or whatever, as an act of courtesy. The male guests
> will always sit in the living room with the hostess's husband,
> watching TV(they're muggles, after all) or talking. Seldom will a male
> over the age of twelve volunteer to help with the dinner. Maybe they
> know they'll be asked to stay out of the way. Maybe they don't want
> their masculinity challenged. Whatever the reason, the situation at
> Grimmauld Place is very similar. At least, though, the boys do help
> Molly de-doxify the curtains and so on.
>
> Carol

Cooking is also a fairly high-skill activity, and most kitchens also only
have _so_ much room in them, so when complicated cooking is going on,
unskilled help might not be much use for anything except getting in the way
and being told how to do things that, to a cook, are elementary and as
reflexive as breathing, but are arcane and difficult for a non-cook.

Also, ask yourselves---if _you_ had kids like Gred-and-Forge, how would
_you_ feel about letting them within a mile of the kitchen?