Snape is womancoded, yes.
But he is also mothercoded and wifecoded.
(So i have read a few posts about him being womancoded and decided to talk about this myself.)
Let me explain:
Obviously one can point out the way he dresses(,long black robes or a nightgown,)and how catty he is and how his patronus is a doe and not a male deer and so on and so on.
Or how long his hair is.
His appaerance alone is pretty womancoded.
And also some of his experiences.
Like his worst memory.
And i‘m not talking about Lily here.
I am talking about what James Potter did to him.
I‘m talking about sexual harrassment.
And how everyone just let‘s it happen. Noone ever talks about it. Because James was such a good guy.
A rich young boy with a bright future ahaid of him.
A promising young man.
i‘m also talking about the werewolf incident.
How he is almost murdered.
And how he is silenced by a man in power.
He is also wifecoded.
He pretty much sells his soul to that man in power, begging on hands and knees for his help, to save his best friend.
And having to serve him for the rest of his life in return.
„Anything“
He tells Dumbledore.
And Dumbledore takes everything.
He has given up his freedom and never regains it.
He always works in the shadows. Never being seen but always their to protect Harry.
Always caring for the child in his own way but never being recognized for it.
Just fulfilling his duty to Dumbledore.
He is never appreciated nor thanked for his work.
Bur he does it anyway.
Until he dies.
He is never believed.
He is instead always silenced.
And not allowed to have his own opinion.
If you look at Snape as the wife/mother and Dumbledore and Harry as the husband and child.
It makes a lot of sense.
Dumbledores opinion is what matters. What he says goes. Snape and Harry have to do as he tells them to.
Snape should do his work without complaining.
He is supposed to raise the child while all the credit goes to Dumbledore.
So yes.
Snape is not only womancoded. He is wife-and mothercoded too.
I said what i said.
An important addition i did not think i had to state.
Because, you know.
I thought that was pretty obvious, but apparently to some is not.
The picture i painted above is that which the patriachy tried to define a woman, a wife and a mother.
I can‘t believe i actually have to spell this out:
This is not how i view women.
This is how the patriachy views women and their role in our society.
And that is what i was referencing.
If you can‘t see that, than i really can‘t help you.
Nowadays you apparently have to state the obvious multiple times in order for people not to twist your words to suit their agendas.
Like dude. Really?
I‘m a woman. Do you think that‘s how i view myself?
God.
