| Abstract (english) | Natalism is a belief that promotes human reproduction, that is child-bearing and parenthood, as desirable for social reasons. In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, the key characteristic of the heroes seems to be their adherence to heteronormativity and natalism (they are straight, they wed young and have multiple children or are children themselves). In contrast, the villains are characterized as both not conforming to heteronormativity in various overlapping modes – implied homosexuality (Greyback, Voldemort, Bellatrix, Grindelwald), pedophilia (Greyback, Voldemort), implied incest (the Carrows, Bellatrix and Narcissa), rape (Merope), asexual forms of reproduction, i. e. horcruxes (Voldemort) – and as being markedly antinatalistic – lack of children, or only one child (the Lestranges, Voldemort, the Malfoys), also, in books 1-6 the core of their opposition consists of children (Harry and his friends) and in book 7, the majority of their opposition consists of children (Hogwarts students). In fact, the whole series is a result of Voldemort's readiness to kill baby Harry and his young parents for his own immorality achieved through asexual means and Harry's mother being willing to die for her son – this event forms a basic structure in which natalism and antinatalism clash forming a template that we can find reproduced throughout the series. Interestingly, the villains' pure-blood ideology can be brought down to their own racist natalist agenda, which, the books seem to imply, is a result of their nonconformism to heteronormativity and therefore equals antinatalism. |
