When you think of a female superhero what do you see? Do you see nice ass and big boobs, or someone fighting for a purpose? When it comes to female superheroes they have been over sexualized since their first creation. No one can truly understand the full complexity of a female superhero when all the viewers can look at is the front and the back. Creator of DC Comics, William Marston, says “Wonder Women, who was created in 1941, was a feminine character with all the strength of Super Man plus all the allure of “good”, beautiful women” (Lecture). This was known as the beginning of the sexualized stigma that is still occurring in our female superheroes today. From the beginning of time female superheroes have been looked at as add-ons, one-dimensional,
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They come in many shapes and forms that mainstream media never get to see. Most female super heroes have to be half naked, white, heterosexual, and or from a western culture to even be acknowledged. This makes it extremely difficult for other female superheroes that don’t meet the criteria to surface in the superhero realm (Superheroines). When a female superhero does surface, she is mostly add-ons, a place holder, or added visual. It is a very seldom occurrence that a female can take the lead in any superhero comic or movie. Why is that? Viewers tend to not want to see the typical women on the big screen or on the big time comic books, unless they are half naked with both sides showing. This causes huge controversy when it comes to the youth of our tie reaching out to find female superheroes to look up to. The typical Disney movie isn’t making the cut anymore. The young kids want to see action, power, and dedication that they see in all the male superheroes. It’s not fair to commit all the “super” powers to make heroes. Female superheroes are typically known as being overemotional beings that are led by their emotions, making them bad superheroes for thinking with their hearts instead of their heard. This is not always the care, but it what we see typically. In the movie Hancock, the main female superhero character fits majority of the “criteria” of being a female super hero. She was extremely beautiful, …show more content…
Our female superheroes have been portrayed as add-ons to the major superheroes. Being forced to be in the back of the comic strip, or get the side role in the major motion pictures. Our female superheroes have been seen one-dimensional, on taking the side to a man. Their side kicks, secretary, backup plans. Women superheroes have yet to be given the forefront to make a credible mane for themselves that can be compared to a male superhero and actually qualify as an effective character. When the topic of being over sexualized is placed, there are so many different ways you can look at the topic you would drown in information reviewing it all. From the very beginning of time, female superheroes have been seen as the playboy, if you will say of comic books and action pact movies. They are seen in more than reveling clothes with everything showing except for their vagina and nipples. This causes’ an issues when out young girls look to the women for guidance and are lead to believe that this behavior, or style of dress, is acceptable during any standard besides a pole. An article written in London about Marvel and its portrayal of female superheroes states that “The glaring issue, though, is that Marvel’s female superheroes aren’t exactly feminist icons. They’re sexualized to a level that most
They come in many shapes and forms that mainstream media never get to see. Most female super heroes have to be half naked, white, heterosexual, and or from a western culture to even be acknowledged. This makes it extremely difficult for other female superheroes that don’t meet the criteria to surface in the superhero realm (Superheroines). When a female superhero does surface, she is mostly add-ons, a place holder, or added visual. It is a very seldom occurrence that a female can take the lead in any superhero comic or movie. Why is that? Viewers tend to not want to see the typical women on the big screen or on the big time comic books, unless they are half naked with both sides showing. This causes huge controversy when it comes to the youth of our tie reaching out to find female superheroes to look up to. The typical Disney movie isn’t making the cut anymore. The young kids want to see action, power, and dedication that they see in all the male superheroes. It’s not fair to commit all the “super” powers to make heroes. Female superheroes are typically known as being overemotional beings that are led by their emotions, making them bad superheroes for thinking with their hearts instead of their heard. This is not always the care, but it what we see typically. In the movie Hancock, the main female superhero character fits majority of the “criteria” of being a female super hero. She was extremely beautiful, …show more content…
Our female superheroes have been portrayed as add-ons to the major superheroes. Being forced to be in the back of the comic strip, or get the side role in the major motion pictures. Our female superheroes have been seen one-dimensional, on taking the side to a man. Their side kicks, secretary, backup plans. Women superheroes have yet to be given the forefront to make a credible mane for themselves that can be compared to a male superhero and actually qualify as an effective character. When the topic of being over sexualized is placed, there are so many different ways you can look at the topic you would drown in information reviewing it all. From the very beginning of time, female superheroes have been seen as the playboy, if you will say of comic books and action pact movies. They are seen in more than reveling clothes with everything showing except for their vagina and nipples. This causes’ an issues when out young girls look to the women for guidance and are lead to believe that this behavior, or style of dress, is acceptable during any standard besides a pole. An article written in London about Marvel and its portrayal of female superheroes states that “The glaring issue, though, is that Marvel’s female superheroes aren’t exactly feminist icons. They’re sexualized to a level that most