So I was perusing through the character directory, as one does, and I came across in Evelyn's profile and read how she was rarely seen with a wand, and that got me thinking. We've had that "women dueling" embargo (thanks Barney), and given the times where women were to be seen as proper and ladylike, what are the general society rules on seeing women do magic in public? and by extension, men doing magic in public?

My questions / musings are (consider whenever mentioning magic to refer to "magic in public"):

• are casting spells in public seen as appropriate, or must they be non-flamboyant and "demure"?
  
• is magic by women seen as more appropriate if you are in a profession where it is expected for you to do so?
  
• is it a spectrum, where the more liberal and progressive of your characters (regardless of class or rep) don't mind seeing women do magic in public?
  
• In the same vein, what about showing your animagus form? Though an extreme magical feat, is it generally not very polite (similar to not giving ample time before making a call upon a friend, or floo-ing/apparating inside their home) for someone, regardless of gender, to transform in public?
  
• OR do both of these really just depend on the situation and Lady has overanalyzed this to the extreme?
  

In any case, part of me says that this is an interesting thought, and I'd like to explore the dynamics further, however, the other part of me says "these people spend their entire lives learning how to control it, why would it be seen as inappropriate in public?"

On the other hand, you could make the argument that the same argument can be applied to aspects of our lives today.

  

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Is it a spectrum, where the more liberal and progressive of your characters (regardless of class or rep) don't mind seeing women do magic in public?

This is basically what I've been doing. Sort of depends on who's watching and who's doing it, both. Ophelia mostly uses magic for cosmetic reasons, and while she likes showing off the effects of her spells I feel like whipping out a wand in public would be akin to reapplying her makeup in the middle of the party; she'd probably rather die.

And then on the other side of the spectrum, Alfred thinks getting to watch Zelda do magic that he can't is hot. :P

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That's what I figured, it'd be a bit of a spectrum depending on who's doing it; for working-class women, seeing them do more functional magic appropriate for their job is seen as normal, whereas in the upper crust, whipping out your wand (lol :P) in public, has the potential to be seen as crass. Perhaps a bit more for women than men cause this is still the VE.

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