We all know comics are unrealistic and contain many hurtful stereotypes for women, it’s time we bring some of those problems for light.
The comic book industry’s approach to women really has not changed over the years, from selling sex, to being female counterparts of the other male superheroes, companies seem to believe that kick-butt female characters are all we need, but there are still many stereotypes that need to be addressed. Take a simple yet powerful, comic book trope affectionately called Women In Refrigerators. (WiR)
This cliche is used when a female love interest or otherwise strong female character is killed, sexually assaulted, depowered or otherwise injured beyond repair by the villain. For no other reason besides angering …show more content…
It gives the illusion that women can not fight for themselves, and or helpless and powerless to the villain. Women in Refrigerators doesn’t always have to apply to love interests, it can apply to mothers, sisters, and even friends of the male hero. This argument does not mean that female characters should be intangible, it is just saying that like any death in a story, their deaths should be more concurrent with the storyline, other than to just give motive to the hero. Some counter arguments that have been made against WiR is the fact that women are targeted in real life, and all comic writers are doing is addressing that issue in the books. While we do live in a day and age where women are more likely to be sexually assaulted and murdered, the killing of the women are not in comics centred around female violence, they are killed to invoke shock and sometimes pain to the …show more content…
While in the same year only 12% of Marvel comic credits also belonged to women. The credits for comics include writers, editors, artists, colorists, and more. But the comics industry has come a long way from its golden age, Marvel currently has a podcast called The Women Of Marvel, which is run by a group of females who work for Marvel Comics who talk about the Marvel Universe, and other feminist issues within that topic. In May of 2015, Marvel published its first all-female superhero team called A-Force. The comic series has been making its way onto store shelves. Others include Silk, Captain Marvel, Spider-Gwen, Thor, and Princess Leia. DC comics have also been praised for its newest incarnations of Batgirl, and Gotham Academy, both mostly led by
The comic book industry’s approach to women really has not changed over the years, from selling sex, to being female counterparts of the other male superheroes, companies seem to believe that kick-butt female characters are all we need, but there are still many stereotypes that need to be addressed. Take a simple yet powerful, comic book trope affectionately called Women In Refrigerators. (WiR)
This cliche is used when a female love interest or otherwise strong female character is killed, sexually assaulted, depowered or otherwise injured beyond repair by the villain. For no other reason besides angering …show more content…
It gives the illusion that women can not fight for themselves, and or helpless and powerless to the villain. Women in Refrigerators doesn’t always have to apply to love interests, it can apply to mothers, sisters, and even friends of the male hero. This argument does not mean that female characters should be intangible, it is just saying that like any death in a story, their deaths should be more concurrent with the storyline, other than to just give motive to the hero. Some counter arguments that have been made against WiR is the fact that women are targeted in real life, and all comic writers are doing is addressing that issue in the books. While we do live in a day and age where women are more likely to be sexually assaulted and murdered, the killing of the women are not in comics centred around female violence, they are killed to invoke shock and sometimes pain to the …show more content…
While in the same year only 12% of Marvel comic credits also belonged to women. The credits for comics include writers, editors, artists, colorists, and more. But the comics industry has come a long way from its golden age, Marvel currently has a podcast called The Women Of Marvel, which is run by a group of females who work for Marvel Comics who talk about the Marvel Universe, and other feminist issues within that topic. In May of 2015, Marvel published its first all-female superhero team called A-Force. The comic series has been making its way onto store shelves. Others include Silk, Captain Marvel, Spider-Gwen, Thor, and Princess Leia. DC comics have also been praised for its newest incarnations of Batgirl, and Gotham Academy, both mostly led by