An inquiry into how popular images might effect our perceptions of things.


Write an argument supporting or refuting the statement below.



The comic book heroines shown above are drawn in such a way, with their revealing costumes and unrealistic proportions, that they become nothing more than images of adolescent sexual fantasies. By portraying women in this way it helps to form the idea that a woman is merely an object whose value lies in her ability to attract and please men. These images help to form the ideas of both young male and female readers towards women and contribute to the view that women are inferior to men and therefore deserve a seondary status in society.

Make sure your argument is organized and is supported by a logical stream of thought. In your opening paragraph outline your position, in the second one support your position, and in the third convince us why you are right! Find an image from the internet to use as visual evidence in support of your argument.

Monday, April 28, 2008

comics project


These are mostly read by young teenage boys, who enjoy reading these comics. The only treason these boys are interested in comics is because women are portrait to adolescence sexual fantasies, which gives boys a different perspective of how a girl should look like. I don’t think that these comics are appropriate for young teens. These female super heroes are drawn in very revealing costumes, exposing their breast. This gives men a whole different perspective of women and how they should look.

Most comic authors draw women in tight clothing, with huge breast. Young boys seeing the women in this manner want a normal lady to look the same, and reading these comics and seeing women in this kind of clothing, it might lead them to look at pornographic magazines which are not suitable for a young boy or young teenagers. When girls see these women heroines with these perfect bodies they would go on different kind of diets in order to look that way and that would in a later stage lead to anorexia. In normal life you would not see women dressed I such clothing, with such huge breast, flying and having superpowers.

I think that women should not be portrayed in such a manner in comics even though its not harmful and people only see it as a over exaggerated drawing , I still believe that its is very disrespectful toward other women who do not have such huge breast and such perfect bodies.

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