Gender differences and magic - ties to Bellatrix Lestrange & Lily Potter

[Ava Gordon]

No: HPFGUIDX 99131

Ava Gordon wrote:
> > On another forum, someone suggested that, all other things being 
> > equal, male wizards have greater endurance than female & 
therefore 
> > are likely to be better duelers.  I've had a few days to mull 
this 
> > over, & am convinced this is wrong Wrong WRONG.  Here's why.
> > 
> <snipped two great arguments>
> 
> 
Mandy here:
> Who, and where, on earth did some idiot actually believe the idea 
> that men have better endurance than women?  It is absolutely not 
> true.  In fact it opposite is true, women have far more endurance 
and 
> stamina both physically and mentally than men do.  A fact that has 
> been proven by science! 

             <large snip, all good points>
> 
> Magic levels the playing field.  It is why throughout history men 
> have always been terrified of witches.  They are suddenly without 
the 
> ability to control women, and heaven forbid that would ever happen!

That was exactly why the I found it an interesting matter to 
contemplate.  The 'girls are better than boys' angle was somewhat 
facetious, of course, but I think the issue is lying there under the 
surface, not so much a question of girls vs. boys, but as in the 
case of comparing Bellatrix and Lily, as a matter of gender-related 
pwer.  And yes, I agree, it is EXACTLY why witches have been feared 
throughout history.

> Which forum came up with the conclusion above?  I'd like to visit 
and 
> knock some sense and intelligence in to those idiots.
> 
> Cheers Mandy, who is amazed that boys can sometimes be so insecure 
> about themselves they can't even except a women winning in 
fantasy, 
> let alone in real life.

Oh, this was a woman, sad to say.  And I won't reveal the forum - 
it's one I used to thoroughly enjoy and has, of late, sunk to rather 
pathetic depths.  Perhaps this too shall pass.

Ava