https://the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/2012/06/16/ssa-blogathon-the-many-kinds-of-girl-7-of-9/ ... Because I don't watch enough hockey, drink enough beer, or eat enough bacon. Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:09:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 https://the-orbit.net/lousycanuck/2012/06/16/ssa-blogathon-the-many-kinds-of-girl-7-of-9/comment-page-1/#comment-15487 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:09:50 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/?p=10089#comment-15487 To be fair, I don’t think it’s sexist that women in the comics are so physically “perfect” (for conventional values of the word). Everyone in the comics (except for some villains, comic relief, and “very special episode” characters) is an idealized (and homogenized) reflection of the real world. What I DO find sexist is how the characters are written, and how they are POSED. The male heroes always seem to be posed in powerful ways (muscles and groins bulging as they may), and the writing uses them as a lens through which to see the fictional world. The female characters (even iconic giants like WW) are always posed like they’re tween models at a Lolita convention, and writers always, ALWAYS inevitably derail even the strongest, smartest female character with “She’s in lurve with the bad boy derp derp” or even worse “She doesn’t have confidence in herself so she needs some big male hero to rescue her and show her whats what”. DERP DERP.

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