tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post5827953682183836544..comments2023-10-12T09:26:40.610-06:00Comments on thinking difference: The male gazethinkingdifferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-48218891002063281322008-09-07T20:47:00.000-06:002008-09-07T20:47:00.000-06:00...men are objectified in comic books too.Ha! I've...<I>...men are objectified in comic books too.</I><BR/><BR/>Ha! I've definitely heard that one before. Your response is a good one, about the difference between images of impossibly muscular superhero men and impossibly bosomy superhero women, but I would add, also, that male characters get to break away from the ideal image more than female ones do. You have your iconic, square-jawed, blue-eyed All-American superheroes like Captain America and Superman, but you also have a whole range of other types, like geeky Spiderman, ugly, short, hairy, cigar-smoking Wolverine, geeky and graying Mr. Fantastic, and even monstrous-looking heroes like The Thing and The Incredible Hulk.<BR/><BR/>Of those, though, Wolverine is probably my favorite example. I'd love to see a heroine who transgressed against the accepted standards for female beauty to the same extent that he does against mens', and who was as much beloved by audiences and writers as he is.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-15981577695359610372008-09-05T17:10:00.000-06:002008-09-05T17:10:00.000-06:00Hey, no worries :) It's happened to me before!I w...Hey, no worries :) It's happened to me before!<BR/><BR/>I was speaking with some of my guy friends about the male gaze recently, and they admitted that they never really thought about that deeply before. One of them argued and said that men are objectified in comic books too. While that's true, it's nowhere close to how women are treated in comic books.<BR/><BR/>When men are drawn with large muscles and ideal bodies, it's meant to demonstrate their strength and powers. But drawing big boobs and an impossibly perfect body on women is more about sex than it is about super-powers. The poses are more than just "sexy," they're pornographic.<BR/><BR/>I just read a recent "Star Wars" comic book and was really disappointed with the way a certain female Jedi character gets depicted. She is drawn in a very submissive way, which is just to reestablish male dominance. We see a pattern of these poses and depictions of women in our society, and I think they really reflect the kind of body images that our society values.<BR/><BR/>The mistake people make is that they think men and women are treated the same way, which is clearly false.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-56847634897661410292008-09-05T12:55:00.000-06:002008-09-05T12:55:00.000-06:00oh, well, this only shows how my stereotypes shape...oh, well, this only shows how my stereotypes shape my expectations... it is an interesting discussion of the male gaze regardless of your gender :)thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-55984776560747319752008-08-29T19:29:00.000-06:002008-08-29T19:29:00.000-06:00Hey, thanks for posting my article on your blog!Be...Hey, thanks for posting my article on your blog!<BR/><BR/>Believe it or not, I'm a guy :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com