VA/H=Mx13+RP? Snape's Culpability?

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 147350

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Elizabeth Catherine" 
<mrsewp at e...> wrote:
>
> 
> > In a message dated 1/30/2006 6:39:14 A.M. Eastern Standard 
Time,  
> > ceridwennight at h... writes:
>  I was  wondering why everyone, not just LV, thought the prophecy 
> child was a  boy.  Even Dumbledore thought so.  
> EC did some snipping... 
> Sherrie here:
>  BUT - that was in the part of the prophecy that Voldie never 
heard.   
> Either Snape didn't hear it (as we & Harry are told), or (as some 
> friends of  mine &  I have theorized) it was wiped from his 
memory.  
> Either way, as  far as Voldie was concerned, there was no gender 
> specified in the  prophecy.
> 
> Elizabeth C here:
> Well, the fact that Lord Thingy assumed the chosen one was a boy 
would 
> just support common enough belief at the time... that women would 
> not/could not be a serious/ legitimate threat.  (snipped)


Leah here:

Is there any canon that says LV assumed a boy?  Surely he would just 
work back from the two knowns in the prophecy fragment- that the 
Chosen One's parents must have thrice defied VM and that the Chosen 
One must have an end of July birthday. The two who met those 
criteria happened to be both boys. If Harry had been a Harriet she 
would still have ticked those particular boxes, and we would only 
have been able to judge whether LV had a sexist view of her as a 
lesser threat if he had then ignored the Potters and gone after 
Neville 
Leah