Week 8 Harry Potter's Girl Trouble

Schoefer identifies some positive characteristics of the Harry Potter series such as: "the glittering mystery, nail biting suspense, compelling language and colorful imagery, magical feats of juxtapose with real life concern."  Her central point to her essay is that only the men are strong and brave and the women cower in fear and are generally helpless.  She starts off by saying "Believe me, i tried as hard as i could to ignore the sexism,  I really wanted to love Harry Potter.  But how could I?"  At the beginning she does give the book some credit but she points out all of the things that portray it as sexist. And of course to help make her point seem stronger she leaves out key details of events and people.  She fails to mention how Hermione's brains and knowledge saved Ron and Harry's lives.  Or mention anything positive about Professor McGonagall, who is seen as a strong, wise mother figure who helps Harry many times.  She also fails to mention anything about Dolorus Umbridge, while yes she is evil she is still a main character in the later books.  She becomes the Headmistress of Hogwarts and is someone no one wants to cross.  She uses examples of Hermione, Ginny, and McGonagall to support her claim the women are always beneath men in the Harry Potter series.  While yes if you look to closely at this series and read something of every little thing you will find some kind of sexist or discrimination   But the Harry Potter series wasn't created to be sexist, it was created to entertain children and provide an escape from reality.  And furthermore why would J.K. Rolling(a woman) write a sexist book against women?