In both the novel and film version of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, there are a variety of male and female characters ranging in leadership position, personality, and age. However, despite the variety, Harry Potter supports the asymmetrical division of labor by having more formal male leaders in comparison with its female leaders, who appear more maternal and parental overall than their male counterparts. An issue prevalent in both film and novel version of Harry Potter is the perpetuation of a patriarchal social order that is achieved and shown by the asymmetrical division of labor between the genders. According to Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet, in their…