[HPforGrownups] Re: Bigotry in the Potterverse

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 188098

Magpie:
> I don't think they're *supposed to act* any one way. In the books there's a pretty common pattern of girls scheming, always a few steps ahead of the boys, using love potions or other forms of manipulations. 

Bart:
    One of the basic premises I use for determining sexism: If you 
reverse the genders, does it change anything? For various reasons, which 
are far too heavily connected to politics for me to bring up here, there 
still exists a double standard in both British and American societies, 
where when a male takes sexual advantage of a female, that is usually 
considered to be a crime, while if a female takes sexual advantage of a 
male, that is usually considered to be the male "getting lucky."

    Now, keeping these in mind, let's say that guys were trying to use 
"love" potions on Hermoine, and one of them actually got ingested by 
Ginny. Would that have been much different than Ron accidentally 
consuming a "love" potion meant for Harry? Would it have been as comicial?

    Bart