Harry Potter is Anti-Woman

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> Magpie:
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> I actually must disagree with all the "Tonks is a great auror"
> defenses because I've never seen her be a great auror. I've
> seen her be a woman who leaves her post and loses her powers
> because her primary focus in the books is her man and not her
> job--which doesn't make me condemn her since some people are
> more focused one way than another, but she had a long time to
> impress me with her auror skills and instead gave the consistent
> impression that this wasn't her strong point. She's mostly
> linked to Merope Gaunt.

I disagree with your disagreement. Tonks is one of the "new"
members inducted into the Order. DD or Moody must have thought
well of her abilities to trust her. Neither of them, wouldn't
have selected someone to stand beside them or other Order members
in life or death situations if they didn't think she was up to
the task.

She was part of the guard for Harry and when Harry was lying
immobile under an invisability cloak she found him awful quick.
She apparently had some skills.

Also, becoming an auror itself isn't a cakewalk. Here's what
it takes to get into the training program:
"Training to be an Auror takes three years after leaving
Hogwarts; the Aurors ask for a minimum of five N.E.W.T.s,
with nothing under "Exceeds Expectations" grade. Apart from
Defence Against the Dark Arts, the recommended N.E.W.T.s
include Charms, Potions (particularly the study of poisons
and antidotes), and Transfiguration (OP29)."

Tonks then had to pass "a background check for a criminal record,
and "a stringent series of character and aptitude tests at the
Auror office."

Here's what they do:
"The Aurors are an elite group of witches and wizards who battle
the Dark Arts. They operate in some ways as soldiers but more
often as intelligence agents, seeking out Dark wizards and
defeating them, often in fierce wizard duels."

We've seen by what happened to the Longbottoms and Moody that
it isn't an easy job.  Being an auror at all means she's not a
lightweight mentally or magically.

Yolanda