I think the egalitarian aspect of the Harry Potter world comes from the fact that anyone with a wand is immediately as powerful as the next person . In theory . That ' s why women are the same as men despite the nonmagical world still being behind the times . At least that is my theory . It ' s hard to oppress someone if they have the same weapons as you do . The only way they can do it against Muggleborn in the UK is because the Bloodpurists are organized and the Muggleborn straggle into society one by one . And even then the oppression until Voldemort takes over is pretty covert not overt . There is no law against a nonpureblood to take over an important office but I ' d love to see him try <| sep |> I did now !