I'm sorry that I seem to have lost you somewhere along the way, but I don't feel that you got to the heart of what I was saying.
I never stated that these images would lead to raping anyone. I don't feel that men look at me and think of raping me. Hell, mostly I don't feel that men look at me period let alone with the intent of sexual activities. I'm not ragging on men. I'm taking issue with these comic book images that have been presented and what messages they deliver.
I feel that there is a time and place for these sexually charged fantasy images and I don't feel that the cover of a comic book with an ages 9 and up rating is the appropriate place. Certainly, porn comes from all things. I expect to see this kind of image and worse in other places, but the fact that it is an official picture is what I find take issue with. Victimizing these heroes on the cover of their own comic is just pushing it. As I said, you can capture and tie up a hero and leave them some dignity, these ladies aren't really left with much.
I understand that men fantasize and I'd have to be dead to say that I didn't do the same. What I take issue with is that females can be cast aside as merely a sexual object. Granted, these are merely characters on paper, but it is also a reflection of someone's image of these women.
Do I think this blatant sexuality is going to lead to an outbreak of gang bangs or something? No. Do I think the treatment of comic book women will have a negative effect on their audiences' treatment of women? Hell yeah I do. Those women on the page might be mere comic book characters, but to some people they're more real than you and I.
As for the "I have to ask myself "Is this how you see us? Is this what you want us to be?" And then I say "Fuck that!" Because I am not a sexual object."
I suppose I should clarify that this statement is mostly directed at the comic book reading public, specifically the target audience of these stupid images. Does the typical comic reader expect to be gratified with such images? If even these kick ass super heroes aren't safe from this blatant objectification, who is? And so I protest, I'm a human being, please see me as such.
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I never stated that these images would lead to raping anyone. I don't feel that men look at me and think of raping me. Hell, mostly I don't feel that men look at me period let alone with the intent of sexual activities. I'm not ragging on men. I'm taking issue with these comic book images that have been presented and what messages they deliver.
I feel that there is a time and place for these sexually charged fantasy images and I don't feel that the cover of a comic book with an ages 9 and up rating is the appropriate place. Certainly, porn comes from all things. I expect to see this kind of image and worse in other places, but the fact that it is an official picture is what I find take issue with. Victimizing these heroes on the cover of their own comic is just pushing it. As I said, you can capture and tie up a hero and leave them some dignity, these ladies aren't really left with much.
I understand that men fantasize and I'd have to be dead to say that I didn't do the same. What I take issue with is that females can be cast aside as merely a sexual object. Granted, these are merely characters on paper, but it is also a reflection of someone's image of these women.
Do I think this blatant sexuality is going to lead to an outbreak of gang bangs or something? No. Do I think the treatment of comic book women will have a negative effect on their audiences' treatment of women? Hell yeah I do. Those women on the page might be mere comic book characters, but to some people they're more real than you and I.
As for the "I have to ask myself "Is this how you see us? Is this what you want us to be?" And then I say "Fuck that!" Because I am not a sexual object."
I suppose I should clarify that this statement is mostly directed at the comic book reading public, specifically the target audience of these stupid images. Does the typical comic reader expect to be gratified with such images? If even these kick ass super heroes aren't safe from this blatant objectification, who is? And so I protest, I'm a human being, please see me as such.