Weasley Poverty, Working Wizard Women; was Molly & Arthur - was Why I like Ginny

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 123672


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> 
> I like Molly and Arthur. I do not see one thing wrong with them. A 
> lot of people are poor if they have a large family. It is not a 
sin. 
> Having the best of everything is not that important. Molly doesn't 
> henpeck Arthur. Like any good husband he does what his wife tells 
> him. Would you have Molly be a "yes dead, wife!!"  Uck!!  

So its better to have a "Yes dear husband?" Wheres's the equity in 
that?

IMO, Arthur is henpecked. And Henpecked badly. Certainly his wife talks 
to him in a way I would never find acceptable in my significant other.  But I find 
the way Molly talks to everyone unacceptably rude. I may never 
forgive her for the way she treats Sirius at the begining of OOTP.

> And Molly must be in her mid to late 50's.  Women of that age and 
> older feel that it is the *man's* job to work outside the home.  I 
> am surprised at so many women here question why Molly doesn't get 
a > job. It just show that things in our society have changed *a 
lot*in > the past 35 years.  

I don't think that you can compare our social mores with that of the 
wizarding world. Magic is a great equalizer.  Wands do not 
discriminate.  There doesn't seem to be that much evidence that 
women were second class citizens AFAICR.  Madam Bones and Umbridge 
both have powerful political positions regardless of their gender. 
Tonks seems to be well regarded as an auror.  Mrs. Black was clearly 
a formidable woman.  Bellatrix is clearly the scariest of the DE's 
outside of the big V himself. There's also a debate on the ages of 
the Weasleys but I fall on the side of Molly and Arthur being older 
than their fifties. IMO, Molly has absolutely no excuse to not work when 
all of her children are gone for so long out of the year.  She has 
the time to work if she wanted to. I honestly don't know why she 
doesn't since she clearly doesn't like being poor any more than Ron does.

phoenixgod2000