Sexuality in the books WAS: Re: JKR messed up........ no.

[dumbledore11214]

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> Carol responds:
> 
> It seems to me that sexuality is a secondary motif that fits in with
> adolescence. <SNIP>

Alla:

Agree, but see below.




Carol:
<SNIP>
> I do think that JKR has limited the sexuality to "snogging" because
> very young readers are turned off even by kissing but also because 
she
> doesn't want to encourage teenage pregnancy or premarital sex. (Even
> Tom Riddle's parents were married.) Presumably, she has similar
> reservations about sex between teenage boys being depicted in books,
> either because her young readers might find it disturbing or because
> their parents might.
<SNIP>


Alla:

Well, yeah, I do not want sex scenes in the books either, I have my 
imagination and fanfic for that. Any sex scenes, between gays or 
straight couples.

But what I do want is precisely what you said - just as JKR showed us 
kissing between heterosexual couples, I would **love** her showing 
casually once or twice two boys or girls kissing in the background. 
That is ALL.

I think that would have done wonders to treat sexuality as non-issue, 
as Magpie said somewhere. Just as race is treated as non-issue too.


Now to go back for Dumbledore for a second, I have absolutely no 
problem with mentioning of sexuality, being well not mentioned.

Because NONE of the teachers sexuality is mentioned and I have no 
problem with them wanting to keep it private from their students.

After all, Minerva does not go around saying " Oh, oh I am straight 
or lesbian either" and she does not tell students stories from her 
love life.

NONE of the teachers does, so as I said, I have zero problem with 
Dumbledore's sexuality not mentioned, not that I mind if she would 
have mentioned it, but it makes a great deal of sense to me story 
line wise.


BUT it makes no sense for me that she did not just casually mentioned 
two boys or girls kissing, just that **kissing**.


Not that I can judge her as I mentioned before. 

JMO,

Alla