Talk:Healing/@comment-71.194.253.224-20110313214103/@comment-881926-20110504205559

She should but I bet you that the Northern Water Tribe still frowns upon male healers. Kinda like how we view male nurses, in real life. Knowing Katara, she most likely did teach him or is going to teach him.

Few Waterbenders are born with the innate talent but any Waterbender can learn it. It's just that the Northern Water Tribe encourages female Waterbenders to develop and perfect that gift rather than having them becomes warriors or scouts.