Stereotyping

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 84930

Hi!  I'm jumping in here a little late, but hopefully not too late 
. . . 

Alshain wrote:

> Yes, there are male archetypes in the stories as well. Yes, some of
> them never develops. Yes, Draco seems to be frozen in his role as
> nemesis. That's the point. 
> Male character with zero development = boring male character.
> Female character with zero development = boring female character.
> More female characters with zero development = more boring female
> characters. 
> 
> I'm choosing to believe that JKR does this deliberately, 


Interesting points, Alshain.  

Me?  I'm torn on what I think about gender issues in HP post-OoP. 
Before OoP, I was not at all a fan of the way the women characters
were developed.  It seemed that they were cardboard figures.  They
didn't move.  They didn't do much.  They were almost like props.

That certainly changed in OoP, but some female characters (chiefly
Molly) went from being a bit stiff and underdeveloped to being . . .
well, space aliens.  Molly in particular went from a character that
was internally consistent and made sense to being just plain *weird.*
  Tidying the place up while war preparation goes on all around her. 
Stuck in a time warp and unable to grow with her children.  What I
can't figure out is if JKR did this to Molly on purpose or even for a
reason.  

Cindy -- hoping she hasn't offended