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In reply to the discussion: Marvel features spider woman's ass on cover of issue #1 [View all]ancianita
(36,030 posts)172. All I can say is, the most feminist kids I know are both gay, straight, college level functional and
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socially adept. Hundreds.
I think comics can reinforce desires for adult power and the morality of force, but they don't condition sexism. I can see that you're afraid that's happening, but attitudes of the general reader demographic just don't support your claims, in my experience.
There are plenty of men in arrested development who sexualize what's in comics, but I don't see the comic art style or plots inviting that kind of projection.
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After watching Massive Attack (she has a thing for bugs), I found this one ...
In_The_Wind
Aug 2014
#66
Not being an artistic type I am not sure of the essence of Nicki's latest video
underpants
Aug 2014
#26
"Explanation: Are you kidding? I want to see some Spider woman ass! Going to thread now" ROLF
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2014
#343
Yeah, but it's typical of decades of this kind of comic art depiction of women's anatomy.
ancianita
Aug 2014
#155
Not a position a human body- that has been given super powers to fight villains with names like
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#200
I've lived next door to Wilson for 30 years. Before his head injury, we used to call him Ass Clay.
Luminous Animal
Aug 2014
#106
He gave me pork brains in a can that, after 20 years sitting on a shelf, burst open.
Luminous Animal
Aug 2014
#112
"that huge, muscular thing sticking out the back is more reminiscent of a spider's abdomen..."
alphafemale
Aug 2014
#85
Here's another one that I remember caused some hubbub like the Spiderwoman pic above
TlalocW
Aug 2014
#191
this is exactly why I'm laughing at all the fanboys expressing outrage at the new Wonder Woman
wyldwolf
Aug 2014
#10
Most of the fanboys I've come across aren't upset that she doesn't have large breasts etc.
PragmaticLiberal
Aug 2014
#83
Look at the last image of comment 31. With spiderman in pretty much the same pose.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Aug 2014
#33
It is pretty much the same pose and there are thousands like it in spiderman comics.
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#193
Indeed....I'm always fascinated when a poster goes immediately to teh buttseks.
msanthrope
Aug 2014
#48
Not much different than an extreme religious fundy seeing the perverse in the mundane.
alphafemale
Aug 2014
#229
It's hypersexualization - her pose is pornified. It is a problem that many others manage to grasp.
redqueen
Aug 2014
#88
you'd never have the nerve to say that to an African American or gay civil rights advocate
zazen
Aug 2014
#129
I've read lots of comics and it's not. It's an art style depicting body fantasy that's not sexual.
ancianita
Aug 2014
#164
Oh my. A slightly more arched back. The horror. Red lipstick, too. Long hair, too.
aikoaiko
Aug 2014
#39
Exactly. The pose being complained about seems completely in line with spiderman crawling poses.
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#120
No; that's what we call "disingenuousness." And Spiderman isn't clad in only body-paint.
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#144
If you think that's disingenuous, you dont know what you are talking about. I provided
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#171
Just because we complain about a comic book cover isn't automatically a distraction from
alp227
Aug 2014
#234
And murder, dismemberment, cannibalism and eating grapes are all horrible, too.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#270
In my view the "popular culture" is an imaginary fiction, and the idea of "hypersexualization" is
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#272
Imagine the uproar if more anime designs, artworks, body pillows and figures were talked about here
Blue_Adept
Aug 2014
#283
There's a difference between mere representation of sexuality and sexual objectification.
alp227
Aug 2014
#348
At least that link tries to offer a somewhat workable, qualitative set of standards for what,
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#369
I'm sure some gay teenagers also read it for the superhero and superheroine titillation
lunatica
Aug 2014
#243
We need the equivalent of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, but for Spiderwoman's ass.
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#94
YES. "Klan-worthy" is the perfect description for those horrible Spiderwoman buttocks-defenders.
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#156
'They sound like men ridiculing women for public speaking in the late 1800s,' because they are.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#367
The true obscenity is imaging yourself oppressed because people disagree with you.
alphafemale
Aug 2014
#137
So what do you propose we do with people that express ideas you don't like?
alphafemale
Aug 2014
#146
Why are you focused on what I do or don't approve of? This is about *misogyny*.
redqueen
Aug 2014
#147
For decades I've read the exaggerated female anatomies in comic book art as symbolic to readers of
ancianita
Aug 2014
#161
Why are you focused on anatomy and ignoring the sexual objectification in the poses and costumes?
redqueen
Aug 2014
#163
I do. The difference is that these here are not "women." I've read much on the artists, and they
ancianita
Aug 2014
#167
All I can say is, the most feminist kids I know are both gay, straight, college level functional and
ancianita
Aug 2014
#172
Aeon Flux was sheer erotica !!! And a strong image for woman Everywhere .
orpupilofnature57
Aug 2014
#101
I read Spiderman comics as a kid. I recognize this pose as very similar to Spiderman poses
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#109
My problem with it, artistically, is that her face looks smooshed and 2 dimensional.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#203
Wow, ... a woman thrusting her ass out conveys athleticism? Now I've heard everything.
redqueen
Aug 2014
#136
I would have been done after the one post, if it wasn't for the alert.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#201
I think you need to study more about comic book art. It's not intended to prop sexism. It just isn't
ancianita
Aug 2014
#168
You can reply to every single post I make, but I'm not going to ignore reality.
redqueen
Aug 2014
#170
Apparently not objecting to the cartoon butt pose is a vicious attitude worthy of the klan.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#208
And therein lies the problem. No one who has read Spiderman comics would think this unusual.
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#227
There are several groups scanning the internet for inappropriate pictures/images of women
stevenleser
Aug 2014
#231
Don't believe those still busy trying to pretend the pose is no different than Spider Man's...
redqueen
Aug 2014
#180
A real superhero given crime-fighting powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#184
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hunter
Aug 2014
#190
It's like one of those spot the difference games. You've got to concentrate...
Violet_Crumble
Aug 2014
#224
What in the world are you talking about? What is supposed to be different in this side by side?
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#248
Are you saying then, That there is No Difference in the bodies because they
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#269
OKay, Not sure But, I think the point she is trying to make with this side by side is how
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#303
Read marvel and DC comics all my life, that is a standard 'pose' for spiderman to be in.
Rex
Aug 2014
#304
Keeping it all in perspective, I am not even minutely upset about 2000 collector edition copies
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#316
Yeah I think that is what has some people upset, I saw someone use the term hypersexulization
Rex
Aug 2014
#328
yes, there appears to be a costume as opposed to body paint. Skin tight but, stretched across the
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#326
I understand Mural on a Wall. My question was concerning how it was made.
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2014
#329
Plus we need to remind ourselves that at one time, comic books were considered deviant reading
Rex
Aug 2014
#330
"Kapow! Biff! SPLAT!" GD hasn't seen this sort of comic book excitetement since that time
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#198
"The alternate cover by Italian erotica artist Milo Manara will be an option for customers
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#217
I was led to believe I'd see a controversial ass picture and all I got was normal spider folk shit.
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#249
it is "contoversial ass pic" to me. guessi didnt realize comicbooks are so ass centered
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
#257
She is using one of spider-mans most iconic poses, its called an homage.
Exultant Democracy
Aug 2014
#344
Did you know then that it's not the main cover for the comic, but instead a special alternate
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2014
#372