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.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Comics


Just because the women in comic books are portrayed in unrealistic proportions and are dressed with not many and tight clothes does not mean that they are inferior to men. Comic books are not something that influences the boys minds because everything is so unreaistic that it is impossible to be true. In my opinion, while reading the comic the adolescent boys do not even think about it whether the woman has normal clothes on or something else. Another thing is that the men in comics also wear tight clothes and are also portrayed in unrealistic proportions, why does not anybody talk about how they are inferior to women? The fact that the women have these unrealistic proportions in comics it does not affect the minds of boys but the ones of girls. After you girls see these women in perfect form and proportion they also try to be as thin and as good looking which leads to girls being anorexic, which is extremely dangerous. I think that the comic drawer is trying to create an ideal world for the superheroes and everyone looks perfect because they are superheroes. They are not an average person and that is also a reason that they are proportionally unrealistic.

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