Sometimes I wonder if Bluewater Comics (creators of 10th Muse) is actively trying to make their designs terrible or if they just have a complete lack of awareness on… everything.
Then I remember that they changed their name to Stormfront Comics (yes, they officially signed off on that before realizing it connected them to a certain group and changing it to “Storm Entertainment”… kind of) and think that they’re experts on “the ever-elusive female comic book demographic”.
– wincenworks
The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes
The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes
An old Cracked list, which, like the last one we featured on BABD, ends with a half-joking #1 entry.
However – unlike that other list, which attempted to claim Bayonetta as a proper example of sexual female character in fiction – this one uses Namor to remind us that, while flaunting his amazing body, he’s still an example of male power fantasy, so it isn’t exactly fair to compare him to female superheroines clearly designed solely as eyecandy.
~Ozzie
The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes
The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes
An old Cracked list, which, like the last one we featured on BABD, ends with a half-joking #1 entry.
However – unlike that other list, which attempted to claim Bayonetta as a proper example of sexual female character in fiction – this one uses Namor to remind us that, while flaunting his amazing body, he’s still an example of male power fantasy, so it isn’t exactly fair to compare him to female superheroines clearly designed solely as eyecandy.
~Ozzie
As a follow up to HBomber’s excellent video discussing how popular media (especially games) doesn’t objectify men I thought it was worth pointing out that the double standard is especially obvious if one looks at novelty superhero costumes (using the above examples or any of those featured at @fucknosexistcostumes)
Male costumes commonly come with the padding to simulate the muscular physiques, because they’re to make the “every man” feel like a superhero without having to work out or diet.
Female costumes commonly are sized with the assumption the wearer will fit within conventional beauty standards commonly assigned to superheroes. The “every woman” is expected to diet and exercise to look like a drawing in a comic book.
On top of that: women who don’t fit within the very narrow, artificial beauty standards will find that the family pets get better costume options than they do.
It’s really amazing how much of reality you have to willfully disregard to try to support the “men are sexually objectified too!” argument.
– wincenworks
