Yeah, ok, a bit more about Book 7

[ebonlock]

A couple of things that popped into my brain in this particular book that I wanted to put down somewhere and see if anybody else noticed either. First, was it just me or was this the first book where wizards used the exclamation, "God"? I can't remember a single instance of anyone referring to "God" before, particularly not wizards and had always assumed that for the most part their only religion was magic. I mean these people are the ones who separated themselves from the mundane world due to persecution at the hands of Christians so it would make perfect sense to me that they were practicing atheists. Given that most of what they do is a big fat no-no according to the Bible, again, this doesn't surprise me. So why now?

Second, is there some law in the wizarding world that women can either a) work or b) get married and be a stay at home mom? Look at all the witches in the stories, either they're teaching/Ministry/reporting spinsters or happy housewives. Sure you might argue that Tonks went into battle, so did Mrs. Weasley, etc. but do we have any evidence that either of them was working a regular 9-5 job before that? Tonks quite clearly hadn't returned to the Ministry after having Teddy (for obvious reasons) and we have no way of knowing what she might have done had she lived. But if you can find me one example of a witch who doesn't fit into one of these two seemingly exclusive categories I'd love to see it.

All done.

Comments

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

Yes, but were any of those working women also mothers? That's the point, that it seems you can either be single and have a job, or married and a mother.

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

ahhh got it now (hamster got off the wheel to take a breather)

Hermione's mom's a dentist - oh wait that's Muggle d'oh
ummm trying to think if we've gotten anymore backstory on other friends parents. Not too much that I can think of other than Amelia Bones who was an aunt - not sure if she had kids herself. But in defense we don't really get to know the other kids dad's either. In general we read about women working in various positions - their maternal status unknown.