Which characters knew DD was Gay?

[susanmcgee48176]

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> >  Montavilla47:
> >  There's also the other veiled sexual violence events in the book-
> >  a surprisingly large number, really, starting with Ginny's
> >  possession by Tom, the sexually-charged rebirth of Voldemort,
> >  the sexually-tinged humiliation of SWM, the possible rape of
> >  Dolores Umbridge by the centaurs, and the veiled rape
> >  threats towards Hermione by Fenrir Greyback.
> >
> >  Am I missing any?
>
> Kemper now:
> Cormac McLaggen
> Romilda Vane
> Merope Gaunt
> The Bloody Baron


Susan:

Yes, the Bloody Baron is classic.....although it's
interesting...about half the men who kill their partners kill
themselves, and the other half do not....seems to be correlated to
whether they think they will be caught......

Cormac McLaggen....maybe I'm desensitized to adolescent boys being
pushy about "snogging" because of my experiences as an adolescent
girl...I wouldn't call that sexualized violence...

It's interesting, because in the RW, date rape drugs are usually used
so that a boy can rape a girl, and she won't remember it. We don't
really have a "love potion" equivalent....something that forces
someone to think they are in love with someone else....that would be,
of course, even more pernicious because it would coerce the victim
into really believing that they WANTED sex...it would wear off..to
the victim's total horror.. how totally disgusting....

So with Romilda....did she really want sex with Harry? Or just
attention/infatuation/snogging and a date to Slughorn's party? Of
course, some people might have been assuming that Harry and Ginny had
sex in their long, lovely walks and times on the grounds....I
didn't.....so.....

I think we do have to remind ourselves that this is the WW, and not
the RW......

and who's SWM?

Susan