[HPforGrownups] Re: Gender in the WW

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 143600


--- krista7 <erikog at one.net> wrote:
> 
> Again, where is she now?

On a portrait in Dumbledore's study. :-)

 Where are major women
> leaders
> in the WW? 

For all we know, the current manager of St. Mungo
might be a female. I don't think it's mentioned in the
books.

> 
> >>And Madame Maxime is a contemporary Headmistress.
> 
> She's a headmistress at an all-girls' school; 

It's not all-girls in the book, only in the movie.

> Do we know Dumstrang is
> all-boys?)

No, it's not.

> 
> The Slug Club is just anybody Slug thinks is
> socially connected/potentially 
> prominent in society, so I don't think of that as an
> indicator of anything beyond
> his mind.

I think it's a very good indicator in fact. Slughorn
collects exactly the people were are discussing:
future power players of the wizarding world. The fact
that he invites girls just as readily is very telling
to me.

>> the muggle curriculum. 

I thought of the closest equivalent for
Transfiguration on the muggle curriculum. Physics is
as good as I could come up with.

> 
> I'll quote Ginny here--he's a "filthy hypocrite"!

I'm not sure what to make of Ginny's behaviour: on the
one hand she makes it very clear that Ron's "brotherly
protection" is not acceptable to her. But what does it
mean really? Is it not the general norm, just Ron
being an idiot, so Ginny puts him in place, or does
Ron actually represents the society views, and Ginny
is on a social revolution mission? :-)

Irene


		
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