What Harry Potter Tells Us About Women

[Deep Dish]

As you have most certainly heard, Dumbeldore is gay. Frankly, I don’t really care as I have never read the books or watched the films. Rowling has stated the thematical underpinnings of her books was tolerance and CNN observed “Potter readers on fan sites and elsewhere on the Internet have speculated on the sexuality of Dumbledore, noting that he has no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past.” It’s that last bit about “no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past” which struck me as odd. Why did she make him gay? Why not some straight recluse?

I’m pushing this beyond the gay movement (unlike another thread). It’s not for the fact Dumbeldore is gay but rather by the fact Rowling is a woman. By this I mean, women seem to have a total incomprehension for why a heterosexual man would choose to remain perpetually single. Their brain fries. I personally have never met any woman who has agreed with my single status and I have learned to avoid bringing up the subject. I have tried the honest reasons, I have tried lying, but I hit a brick wall. The only thing I can do is nod my head in the affirmative when they say “You just haven’t met the right woman,” while knowing that’s untrue. (I have, a few times.)

I wondered if maybe the fact I’m good looking is skewing my results, much like how guys tell really cute girls to keep men favorably in mind. Yet, I am convinced women are 100% social animals. The only thing they ever talk about is "people", either their lives or lives of others. It's only when in the company of men are women sometimes are found discussing other things, even quite intelligently. Society is so integrally infused throughout their bodies, fathom they cannot why an otherwise eligible bachelor would choose not to have a girlfriend.

Thus, when creating a man with “no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past,” Rowling did the only womanly thing and made Dumbeldore gay.

 

[penkitten]

heres what i think of the whole thing:
after following the books and movies because my children love them,
i always thought harry potter was this little orphaned kid, this nerdy awkward boy who would eventually grow into a good man throughout the series .
with his best woman and faithful best bud beside him, he would rise against the odds to defeat evil.

i thought that is what the story was supposed to be about all along.

now we have a gay headmaster. what does that have to do with anything in the story really? is this supposed to mean something in harry potter's world that his teacher is gay? are children supposed to be aware of their teacher's sexuality?

its just filler, and perhaps the writer decided to try to attempt to educate young readers that being different is ok. who knows?

 

[Nighthawk]

JK Rowling is British. Being gay is not such a big deal here. She probably decided that for political correctness's sake, one of the characters should be gay, and not an evil one. Personally I'd have preferred it if she'd declared Hermione bi-curious.

 

[KarmaSutra]

Personally I'd have preferred it if she'd declared Hermione bi-curious.

A-FVCKING-MEN!

 

[STR8UP]

Some of these observations could only come from the mind of you or Joekerr!

Interesting observation though.

I went to this haunted swamp tour last night with a bunch of my friends, and one of my female friends rode there with me. It was like an hour drive and she was putting down the beers, so we had quite a convo.

This happens to be one of the chicks that I meet A LOT of women through. She still likes me, and her best friend does too.

So the topic of relationships comes up, and it seems that both her and her best friend have reached the conclusion that I don't have many relationships and am not married because I'm "jaded".

Although this might be partially true, these two girls don't know enough about me to have made that assumption. It's an off the cuff generic rationalization as to why I did not hook up with either one of them, and why I don't always have a girlfriend.

Point is, they MUST create a REASON for me being single. It can't be as simple as it being my choice, or even me being choosy.

 

[Nighthawk]

Also remember, women will often throw a bunch of crap they don't necessarily think is true at you to see what sticks. The naughty curious little monkeys.

 

[Maxtro]

I always thought that the reason Dumbeldore was not with any women because it was a children's series. As I said in the other thread, it is a children's series and has no place for adult relationships.

I don't think parents would be too happy if Harry walked into Dumbeldore's quarters while a female teacher was blowing him. As I look back over the movies, I haven't read the books, the only adult relationship I've noticed is the Weasley's and thats because they are married. As far as I can tell no other adult has been shown to be in a relationship. And thats fine, what / who the adults are doing is not the point of the series.

 

[RedPill]

. . .women seem to have a total incomprehension for why a heterosexual man would choose to remain perpetually single. Their brain fries. I personally have never met any woman who has agreed with my single status and I have learned to avoid bringing up the subject. I have tried the honest reasons, I have tried lying, but I hit a brick wall.

Society is so integrally infused throughout their bodies, fathom they cannot why an otherwise eligible bachelor would choose not to have a girlfriend.

Thus, when creating a man with “no close relationship with women and a mysterious, troubled past,” Rowling did the only womanly thing and made Dumbeldore gay.

Perhaps the social convention of women which I detest the most is the "commitment-phobic" rationalization. If he isn't seeking marriage, a monogamous relationship, or a continuous stream of dates to further either of those ideals, then by default he has a fear of commitment or otherwise must be homosexual. And like most other women's conventions that dominate societal discourse, there is no shortage of chump-bot men who will stand up and thump their chest to reinforce the message on women's behalf.

One of the reasons this one gets under my skin is that there is never any shortage of people in my circles of acquaintances (usually married, of course) who will try to "set me up" with an eligible female. Having seen me with women before, they know I'm not gay, so they mistake my complete indifference to the ideal of an exclusive LTR for "trouble meeting the right women." Then again, maybe I'm mistaking their need to be home to watch Dancing with the Stars with the Mrs. for a burgeoning interest in dance technique. I wonder if it's too late to return all those Arthur Murray gift certificates I bought for the holidays?

Just because Rowling created the Potter series doesn't mean she has domain over the unwritten lives of the characters. If it ain't in the book (or films), then it's pure hearsay - completely unofficial. Until Dumbledore tries to decorate my living room with magical accent pillows, I'm not buying it. We should instead declare that Dumbledore is/was a world-class pimp. After all, everyone knows that chicks are suckers for those magician types.