[ SECRET POST #2732 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2732 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm really not seeing it. Snape was watching Harry really intently before he got to know him at all, and then put that test to him on potions knowledge. He wasn't just going on what Harry looked like or was rumored to be. Or his gender. But a girl!Harry who was raised by abusive, neglectful muggle relatives probably wouldn't have been in any better position to impress Snape with potions knowledge. I think she would have attracted the same sort of disgust and spite that Harry did, for being famous without having any innate ability that won her other peoples' admiration. And later for often breaking the rules without punishment. Snape was loathsome with everyone, but we don't see him sexualize any of the girls in his classes even when he's publicly humiliating them. I don't think he would have made an exception for girl!Harry. If gender conditioning on top of family abuse made her less overtly confrontational and mouthy, he might hate her a little less. (I.e., he might not smash a jar of cockroaches on the wall above her head to punctuate his anger.) But it's a long jump from there to assuming he'd transfer his attachment from Lily to someone so ordinary.

On a meta level, I also think JK chose to not foreground overt instances of sexism. At the schools I attended, it was common knowledge that some of the male teachers looked up girl's skirts and down their shirts, and engaged in other creepy, inappropriate behavior. The girls warned each other about adults to avoid being alone with. This is a hazard that's (intentionally?) not included in Hogwarts, though. And I guess ... with all the stuff about how Harry is a boy because JK's publishers didn't think boys would read a book with a girl protagonist, the implication that one of the most central-to-the-plot teachers would have been perving on her or wanting to (had she been female) makes me uncomfortable.