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Dear Prudence: The “Wizard Privilege” Edition

My wife often makes classic book protagonists female. I’m worried our daughter will be confused when she reads them herself. Help!

Prudence is joined by Margie Omero, a Democratic pollster and co-host of the bipartisan podcast The Pollsters. First up, my life feels unglamorous and the TV shows I watch just make me bitter—how can I address this? Next, I have a great relationship with my mother, but she owes me money I need for rent. Then, my wife often changes the gender of traditional men-dominated stories when she reads them to our daughter, and I worry this could be jarring for her when she is able to read them for herself.

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