Introduction:
Women have been the muse of artists since time immemorial. In the recent times too, things haven’t changed as women have been continued to be artistically represented. I have chosen the topic of sexualization of women superheroes in comics, mainly focusing on the Marvel universe. Marvel has been in the eye of the storm for some time now as several controversial female characters entered it. Due to the rise in female readership, Marvel claims to have introduced several characters. So on one level, superhero comics seem to be responding to the trends in female readership, by offering more female-centered comics and on another level they continue to sexualize women more than before.
Content:
Women superheroes in the Marvel universe …show more content…
Observe both the pictures carefully. The exaggerated tiny waist, hips, large buttocks and breasts are few differences we can take note of. A normal athletic woman would probably look like Jessica, but then it would reduce the “sex appeal”. Axel Alonso, the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, says its ‘impossible’ not to sexualize female characters…which is a pretty strong word to use when you’re drawing them yourselves. The American comic book market has for decades been very much dominated by male writers and characters. None of the male superheroes are sexualized the way women are. Even in the midst of all this great change and progress, there’s a confusing reluctance to move away from the over-sexualized female characters with the slim waists and limbs, bulging breasts and butts, and revealing, skin-tight costumes. While Alex argues that the characters are drawn that way in order to convince people the feats they can achieve, he didn’t speak about how female superheroes are conceivably supposed to fight with two globes of double-D flesh bouncing un-bound in the front of their Spandex all the
Women have been the muse of artists since time immemorial. In the recent times too, things haven’t changed as women have been continued to be artistically represented. I have chosen the topic of sexualization of women superheroes in comics, mainly focusing on the Marvel universe. Marvel has been in the eye of the storm for some time now as several controversial female characters entered it. Due to the rise in female readership, Marvel claims to have introduced several characters. So on one level, superhero comics seem to be responding to the trends in female readership, by offering more female-centered comics and on another level they continue to sexualize women more than before.
Content:
Women superheroes in the Marvel universe …show more content…
Observe both the pictures carefully. The exaggerated tiny waist, hips, large buttocks and breasts are few differences we can take note of. A normal athletic woman would probably look like Jessica, but then it would reduce the “sex appeal”. Axel Alonso, the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, says its ‘impossible’ not to sexualize female characters…which is a pretty strong word to use when you’re drawing them yourselves. The American comic book market has for decades been very much dominated by male writers and characters. None of the male superheroes are sexualized the way women are. Even in the midst of all this great change and progress, there’s a confusing reluctance to move away from the over-sexualized female characters with the slim waists and limbs, bulging breasts and butts, and revealing, skin-tight costumes. While Alex argues that the characters are drawn that way in order to convince people the feats they can achieve, he didn’t speak about how female superheroes are conceivably supposed to fight with two globes of double-D flesh bouncing un-bound in the front of their Spandex all the