Bigotry in the Potterverse

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 188110



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rick H. Kennerly" <rhkennerly at ...> wrote:
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> > Magpie:
> > Really? I think there's tons of standard tradional male/female role behavior reinforced throughout the books. Hermione might be smarter than Ron or Harry, but where you say she "quietly backs a bag," she actually packs their bags, and seems to do most of the domestic work on their camping trip as well. (And most of the romance follows set patterns of male/female as well.) 

Rick Kennerly:
> You're only partially correct about Hg doing the domestic work on the 
> camping trip.  Harry and Ron policed up the site while Hg does the 
> important magical work of removing the protective hexes and spells.

Montavilla47:

At one point, Hermione complains about Ron complaining about the
food, since she's the one who doing all the food preparation--
including gathering mushrooms (although later on Ron and Harry
pretend to be gathering blackberries in order to escape her).  I believe
that she also complains because she's the only in the tent who 
every does the washing up (i.e., washing the dishes).

Hermione is also shown doing laundering at the Burrow, and she's 
told to change the linens in the guest bedrooms, while Ron and
Harry are told to clean out the chicken shed.  Those sound like 
traditional girl/boy chores to me.

But, yes, Hermione is also the one who casts all the protective
spells--until some point (I forget exactly where), when Harry
takes over the task.  It might be when Ron disappears and 
Hermione is too emotionally distraught to do anything.