But what I mean, using the example above, is that there are people who thinks that by having Ginny and Hermione marry and have children they are examples of anti-feminism. I do not support that view and think that they're just people looking for something to detract against JKR. This is what I meant by some people are just too quick to cry misoginism. And I used crazy because some actually use "baby-producing machines" as actual words in regards to Ginny.
I understand why you don't like that every female in HP seems to be headed for marriage. I can't argue for that either; off the top of my head I can probably use arguments such as the author is a married mother, or the theme of the series is love in family, or the wizarding world does need a lot of new children to survive, or we don't see the future of a lot of Harry's generation. Arguing with those would mean that I'm grasping at straws, honestly.
That does clear it up. I'd say I couldn't believe someone called either Ginny or Hermione "baby-producing machines", but hey, fandom :D.
the theme of the series is love in family, or the wizarding world does need a lot of new children to survive Those are valid and interesting themes, actually. But I guess I kept getting the impression that JKR had everyone having kids because she thought it would be a neat way to end the story. Not that that isn't a neat way to end any story, but in addition to everything else that rubbed me the wrong way about the books...bleh. It's one thing to have themes, and it's another to focus the story on them clearly (which, by now, you can probably guess I think JK did not :P).
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But what I mean, using the example above, is that there are people who thinks that by having Ginny and Hermione marry and have children they are examples of anti-feminism. I do not support that view and think that they're just people looking for something to detract against JKR. This is what I meant by some people are just too quick to cry misoginism. And I used crazy because some actually use "baby-producing machines" as actual words in regards to Ginny.
I understand why you don't like that every female in HP seems to be headed for marriage. I can't argue for that either; off the top of my head I can probably use arguments such as the author is a married mother, or the theme of the series is love in family, or the wizarding world does need a lot of new children to survive, or we don't see the future of a lot of Harry's generation. Arguing with those would mean that I'm grasping at straws, honestly.
I hope that clears it up.
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the theme of the series is love in family, or the wizarding world does need a lot of new children to survive
Those are valid and interesting themes, actually. But I guess I kept getting the impression that JKR had everyone having kids because she thought it would be a neat way to end the story. Not that that isn't a neat way to end any story, but in addition to everything else that rubbed me the wrong way about the books...bleh. It's one thing to have themes, and it's another to focus the story on them clearly (which, by now, you can probably guess I think JK did not :P).