Mr. Zipes called the Potter books, "the ideological champions of patriarchal society," adding: "They celebrate the magical powers of a boy, with a girl - Hermione - cheerleading him. You can predict the outcome."

Um, what? It sounds like they're predicting Harry will Save The Day And Get The Girl. Gah, it's bad enough we've got shipping wars and people insisting Hermione/Harry is canon, we don't need nonsense like this added to the soup.