The good Slytherin / Salazar (Nigellus & Connecting 4 houses)

[hogsheadbarmaid]

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KarentheUnicorn's Reply:

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I have a question, we've got two Men...and we've got..two 
women....ok..over 1,000 years ago, so, who exactly was married?? I 
don't recall women and men exactly being buddies back in those days, 
more along the lines of, wife and mother, and generally taht was 
it....Unless the wizard community, even 1,000 years ago already had 
women's equality back then?? Well, I guess it does make a difference 
when, the woman can wip out her wand and zap you to kingdom come, 
but, still, it just seems odd, two of each, and maybe JKR is not too 
worried about addding any info about that to the story.

I'll vote for Rowena Ravenclaw was Salizar's Slytherin's main sqeeze, 
and Helga Hufflepuf is Godrick's Griffendor's girl....or..maybe its 
the other way around...meh...or it could 
be...um..well...nevermind..LOL. Sheash, I hope I spelled their names 
right..don't kill me if I didn't.

KarentheUnicorn


Now The Barmaid:

Men and women have lived in various states of equality and inequality 
at various times and places throughout human history.  Certainly the 
WW that Harry is experiencing seems to have somewhat greater gender 
equality than much of the Muggle world of the same time.  

I think one of the keys to knowing how the founders related on gender 
lines would be to have a clear understanding of when the WW pulled 
away from the Muggle world.  It is very possible, maybe even likely, 
that the split occurred before the overt oppression of women was so 
common in Britain. If so, it would not necessarily be that odd for 
these four to be friends whether they were coupled or not.  (And of 
course it is always possible that they were coupled along same sex 
lines as well.)

Overall it seems to me that JKR is creating a world where gender is 
not really an issue as it relates to what sort of jobs one can do or 
how successful or powerful an individual can become.  Having gender 
balance in the founders goes a long way in building this idea.  This 
is one of the things that appealed to me about the books from the 
start.

     -- The Barmaid