some replies which are direct but off topic

[kempermentor]

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 > Magpie:
 > ... But still, I think a lot of the 
 > general ideas ... sound like they come from a woman. And I did 
 > sometimes get a kick out of how flat-out attractive somebody like Sirius or Tom were through Harry's eyes, compared to the allegedly beautiful girls like Ginny and Cho (who have nice hair).
 
> Shelley responds:
> ...
> But, yeah, guys, tell us how you, as a male, would have put descriptions of both males and females in- what things do you really notice/experience as a teenage boy with hormones?

Kemper now:
We do here Ron using Uranus suggestively to Lavender:
Can I see Uranus, too, Lavender?

I was a bit surprised at that line when I first read it, not that I doubt a boy would say that, I think most boys have in some way but that a woman writer included it.  I think it's spot on to a teenage boy's sense of funny and desire (I don't mean the anus part.)  I wonder if it were a man who wrote that line if the publisher/editor/whoever would have questioned/edited it out.  Of course, by this time JKR is money hot, so maybe those that care were more concerned about keeping Her happy.

I think JKR may have been better successful with a more sexual yet still non-threatening Harry if we would have seen him struggle keeping his eye contact tethered to girl's eyes and then relax as the girl turned away letting his eye wander unleashed.  I sometimes need to be consciously intent on keeping eyes up as do the my male peers I talk to, and I'm way older than Harry.

Kemper