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Why all the Snape love? Is it a female thing?, Sex symbol or greasy git?
harrydavid
post Jul 23 2008, 07:44 AM
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I've been noticing something for a while now and was wondering if anyone else has noticed it. In any debate on Snape there are always those who defend him against all criticism. It seems to me that the overwhelming majority of his supporters are women. Obviously, a user name doesn't automatically indicate a person's sex, but of those we do know, this seems to be the case. There are exceptions to this, of course. There are men who will justify any action of Snape's and there are women who are quite critical of him. But it is undeniable that more women sympathize with him than do men.

I have a friend who thinks this is because of the "bad boy syndrome." Many women are attracted to the bad guy. They believe that if they had had the opportunity they could have "fixed" him and he would have changed for her. I don't know if this is the case for some women, but I really think that it is too simplistic an answer. I have learned over the years that men and women definitely think differently. Women are from Venus and men are from Mars. Men tend to think rationally using logic and women tend to think using emotions and feelings.

So what do you think? Why do most women seem to defend Snape while most men are critical?


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- harrydavid   Why all the Snape love? Is it a female thing?   Jul 23 2008, 07:44 AM
- - PatFromSwitzerland   You noticed a very interessing phenomenon. Well, I...   Jul 23 2008, 08:03 AM
- - keola sombra   It's an interessing topic, but I will also add...   Jul 23 2008, 09:17 AM
- - rowena r   Great thread harrydavid ! I have a sneaking f...   Jul 23 2008, 10:12 AM
- - SnapetheGood   Defend him at all cost? Me? Never ! He is, i...   Jul 23 2008, 11:42 AM
- - Dora87   QUOTE(rowena r)Let me start by saying that while I...   Jul 23 2008, 12:20 PM
- - wickedboy   I am male, and I don't understand defending Sn...   Jul 23 2008, 12:47 PM
|- - SnapetheGood   QUOTE(wickedboy @ Jul 23 2008, 05:47 PM) ...   Jul 23 2008, 07:04 PM
|- - wickedboy   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Jul 23 2008, 08:04 P...   Jul 24 2008, 12:24 AM
|- - SnapetheGood   QUOTE(wickedboy @ Jul 24 2008, 05:24 AM) ...   Jul 24 2008, 09:08 AM
|- - wickedboy   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Jul 24 2008, 10:08 A...   Jul 24 2008, 09:43 AM
|- - SnapetheGood   QUOTE(wickedboy @ Jul 24 2008, 02:43 PM) ...   Jul 24 2008, 10:30 AM
- - SillySquib   QUOTEWho did Harry have for the first 11 years of ...   Jul 24 2008, 03:35 AM
- - eringrace   First of all, rowena r, man I love your vocabulary...   Jul 24 2008, 04:03 AM
- - lollylou   i think most women seem drawn to him because we ca...   Jul 24 2008, 04:33 AM
|- - kreachers army   QUOTE(lollylou @ Jul 24 2008, 05:33 AM) i...   Jul 24 2008, 08:28 AM
- - mathew dumbledore   I think that this women's love for Snape happe...   Jul 24 2008, 08:37 AM
- - Sionna_Raven   There's one group of Snape supporters that is ...   Jul 24 2008, 12:27 PM
|- - SnapetheGood   QUOTE(Sionna_Raven @ Jul 24 2008, 05:27 P...   Jul 24 2008, 12:44 PM
|- - harrydavid   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Jul 24 2008, 12:44 P...   Jul 24 2008, 02:26 PM
|- - Jadguy   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Jul 24 2008, 01:44 P...   Jul 24 2008, 02:52 PM
- - Fer_keeper   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Jul 23 2008, 10:04 P...   Jul 24 2008, 12:53 PM
- - SnapetheGood   I agree with those that say that how the character...   Jul 24 2008, 03:42 PM
|- - keola sombra   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Jul 24 2008, 10:42 P...   Jul 24 2008, 04:39 PM
- - SillySquib   QUOTESo as you can see JKR has noticed how a movie...   Jul 24 2008, 05:00 PM
- - Herbologist   QUOTE(harrydavid @ Jul 23 2008, 08:44 AM)...   Jul 24 2008, 06:17 PM
- - Sionna_Raven   I don't understand the need to put all female ...   Jul 25 2008, 01:36 AM
- - wickedboy   I am male, and I don't lump anyone into a grou...   Jul 25 2008, 02:02 PM
- - lirene   QUOTE(wickedboy @ Jul 25 2008, 03:02 PM) ...   Jul 25 2008, 02:38 PM
|- - wickedboy   QUOTE(lirene @ Jul 25 2008, 03:38 PM) [I ...   Jul 25 2008, 06:26 PM
- - kalayaan   I wonder why people take sides there anyway. Those...   Jul 25 2008, 05:20 PM
- - davidenglish   Well, what people find attractive in Snape are the...   Jul 25 2008, 07:17 PM
- - Dancing Mooncalf   I think women may defend the character more so tha...   Jul 25 2008, 09:54 PM
- - Weird One   I think the most attractive feature about Snape is...   Jul 25 2008, 10:12 PM
- - helena123   QUOTE(wickedboy @ Jul 23 2008, 08:47 PM) ...   Jul 26 2008, 01:47 PM
- - luna_sparkle   I agree completely, helena123 and wickedboy. I ju...   Jul 30 2008, 04:25 AM
- - electroshroom   I've heard of the "fixing" theory, b...   Aug 1 2008, 09:48 PM
- - Cassy V   QUOTEIt seems to me that the overwhelming majority...   Aug 2 2008, 05:15 AM
|- - wickedboy   QUOTE(Cassy V @ Aug 2 2008, 05:15 AM) But...   Aug 2 2008, 08:28 PM
- - Cassy V   QUOTE(wickedboy @ Aug 3 2008, 02:28 AM) Q...   Aug 3 2008, 05:17 AM
- - Karro   I was rather indifferent towards Snape until the ...   Aug 3 2008, 06:00 AM
- - rowena r   QUOTEDD asked him to kill him even when this step ...   Aug 3 2008, 10:30 AM
- - priestess101   I totally defend snape when I can. While there is ...   Aug 21 2008, 08:19 PM
- - cooncatbob   I think most of it has to do with Alan Rickman...   Aug 21 2008, 08:31 PM
|- - SnapetheGood   QUOTE(cooncatbob @ Aug 22 2008, 01:31 AM)...   Aug 22 2008, 02:09 PM
- - Sixx_Guns   QUOTEI think most of it has to do with Alan Rickma...   Aug 21 2008, 09:10 PM
- - Yarvin   See, I don't think that JKR really understood ...   Aug 22 2008, 12:42 AM
|- - Wendall   QUOTE(Yarvin @ Aug 22 2008, 06:42 AM) It...   Aug 22 2008, 12:36 PM
||- - Yarvin   QUOTE(Wendall @ Aug 22 2008, 01:36 PM) In...   Aug 23 2008, 01:06 AM
||- - Wendall   QUOTE(Yarvin @ Aug 23 2008, 07:06 AM) Sna...   Aug 23 2008, 02:16 PM
||- - Yarvin   QUOTE(Wendall @ Aug 23 2008, 03:16 PM) No...   Aug 23 2008, 05:43 PM
||- - Wendall   QUOTE(Yarvin @ Aug 23 2008, 11:43 PM) Als...   Aug 24 2008, 11:05 AM
||- - Yarvin   QUOTE(Wendall @ Aug 24 2008, 12:05 PM) Wh...   Aug 24 2008, 01:35 PM
||- - harrydavid   QUOTE(Yarvin @ Aug 24 2008, 01:35 PM) Heh...   Aug 25 2008, 10:27 AM
|- - Lilly   QUOTE(Yarvin @ Aug 22 2008, 03:42 PM) See...   Aug 25 2008, 01:30 PM
|- - Yarvin   Hi Lilly, I must say that I enjoyed your rather...   Aug 25 2008, 07:33 PM
- - Canis sapiens   And men aren't attracted to bad girls - at lea...   Aug 23 2008, 01:03 AM
- - rowena r   QUOTENow... I would've loved to see James atte...   Aug 23 2008, 10:30 AM
|- - Yarvin   QUOTE(rowena r @ Aug 23 2008, 11:30 AM) I...   Aug 23 2008, 01:47 PM
- - rowena r   QUOTEAnd in an interview with Alan Rickman (who ha...   Aug 25 2008, 08:22 AM
|- - SnapetheGood   QUOTE(rowena r @ Aug 25 2008, 01:22 PM) Q...   Aug 25 2008, 09:49 AM
- - rowena r   QUOTEShe has stated that Alan played the part corr...   Aug 26 2008, 09:27 AM
- - Dobby-oshi   Wow, great analysis and eloquent post, rowena r...   Aug 26 2008, 04:04 PM
|- - Yarvin   QUOTE(Dobby-oshi @ Aug 26 2008, 05:0...   Aug 26 2008, 04:27 PM
- - Dobby-oshi   QUOTE(Yarvin @ Aug 26 2008, 05:27 PM) Tha...   Aug 28 2008, 10:15 AM
|- - Yarvin   QUOTE(Dobby-oshi @ Aug 28 2008, 11:1...   Aug 28 2008, 11:04 AM
- - Professor L E Snape   I can't answer whether my reason for liking sn...   Aug 28 2008, 02:02 PM
- - Larch4426   Why am I fascinated by Snape? I wasn't partic...   Sep 6 2008, 10:43 PM
- - Mrs_Linnea_Snape   Well, first, I have to admit that I probably would...   Nov 23 2008, 11:34 PM
|- - harrydavid   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Nov 24 2008, 12...   Nov 24 2008, 08:32 PM
- - Hannibal Granger   Well, my taste goes more towards Helena Bonham Car...   Nov 24 2008, 03:24 PM
- - Dobby-oshi   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Nov 23 2008, 11...   Nov 24 2008, 04:46 PM
- - Mrs_Linnea_Snape   QUOTEI think we have to remember, though, that in ...   Nov 24 2008, 06:11 PM
|- - Wendall   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Nov 24 2008, 11...   Nov 25 2008, 05:53 AM
- - DesQueJ'teVois   i'm not denying that Alan Rickman might have s...   Nov 24 2008, 06:32 PM
- - snapester   I am a female and I love Snape. Without making th...   Nov 24 2008, 06:40 PM
- - Professor L E Snape   I like him for the same reasons I like Dumbledores...   Nov 24 2008, 07:58 PM
- - Dobby-oshi   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Nov 24 2008, 11...   Nov 25 2008, 10:59 AM
|- - SnapetheGood   QUOTE(Dobby-oshi @ Nov 25 2008, 04:5...   Nov 25 2008, 04:45 PM
- - Curandera   Just my two cents, I love Snape. I've loved h...   Nov 25 2008, 10:33 PM
- - maenad   QUOTEThe movie Snape has everything to do with per...   Nov 26 2008, 12:44 AM
|- - SillyPutty   QUOTE(maenad @ Nov 25 2008, 10:44 PM) Nev...   Nov 29 2008, 04:13 PM
- - Marie,x3   I believe I might be beaten with a stick for skipp...   Nov 26 2008, 01:28 AM
- - SnapetheGood   Maened, You can't get by the fact that JK has...   Nov 26 2008, 02:31 PM
- - Mrs_Linnea_Snape   QUOTEHe didn't acknowledge that debt at all by...   Nov 26 2008, 02:55 PM
|- - Wendall   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Nov 26 2008, 07...   Nov 26 2008, 04:40 PM
- - maenad   QUOTEMaened, You can't get by the fact that J...   Nov 26 2008, 08:27 PM
|- - Wendall   QUOTE(maenad @ Nov 27 2008, 01:27 AM) I c...   Nov 27 2008, 06:41 AM
- - davidenglish   To be honest, JKR has also said that she suspects ...   Nov 26 2008, 09:29 PM
- - Professor L E Snape   QUOTE(davidenglish @ Nov 27 2008, 02:29 A...   Nov 26 2008, 10:46 PM
- - Dobby-oshi   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Nov 26 2008, 02:31 P...   Nov 29 2008, 01:59 PM
|- - SnapetheGood   QUOTE(Dobby-oshi @ Nov 29 2008, 06:5...   Dec 3 2008, 02:42 PM
|- - harrydavid   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Dec 3 2008, 03:42 PM...   Dec 3 2008, 02:58 PM
|- - Wendall   QUOTE(SnapetheGood @ Dec 3 2008, 07:42 PM...   Dec 3 2008, 04:06 PM
- - Mrs_Linnea_Snape   QUOTEIt was Snape who said James pulled him out no...   Nov 29 2008, 03:45 PM
- - Dobby-oshi   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Nov 29 2008, 03...   Nov 29 2008, 05:08 PM
- - Mrs_Linnea_Snape   QUOTESnape was unable to see the objective truth, ...   Nov 29 2008, 07:56 PM
|- - Wendall   QUOTE(Mrs_Linnea_Snape @ Nov 30 2008, 12...   Nov 30 2008, 05:46 AM
- - fawkes2004   I may be seen as one who "defends Snape again...   Nov 29 2008, 10:35 PM
- - Mrs_Linnea_Snape   QUOTESo do you consider Snape mentally unhinged or...   Nov 30 2008, 04:42 PM
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