The Portrayal of Women in Comics

Although it is true that any heroines in comic books have unrealistic proportions and wear revealing clothing, it is doubtable that this portrayal of heroines changes what adolescents thinks of the world around them. There are many kids that read comics all over the world and many of them respect women—for them, comics do not change their outlook on women. There are many people around the world who believe that the way women are portrayed in comics promotes the idea that women are inferior to men but there are also many people around the world who read comics and are not affected by what they are looking at. Comics are just for fun and the things they portray should not be taken seriously by anyone, and usually they aren’t taken seriously.

Comics that portray women in revealing clothes usually target the average teenage reader. This means that the targeted audience is old enough to not be affected by the things that are portrayed in comics. Children this old are old enough to understand that comic books are just for fun; nothing in them should be taken seriously. People who say that these comics really affect the way children think of women have obviously not read these comics themselves. It is true that women in comics are shown with unrealistic proportions and with revealing clothing but what is not true is that comic books seriously affect the minds of teenage readers.
Furthermore, also in competition to women in revealing clothes, there are many superheroes that are shown in revealing clothing and unrealistic proportions. If it can be said that heroines shown like this are the sexual fantasies of teenage boys, then it can also be said that these heroes are the sexual fantasies of teenage girls; which, mostly likely, is not true at all. Also, many advertisements today feature women in revealing clothing; they are in movies and are all over the media. Out of all of these types of media, only comics have been scrutinized so much. The average teenage reader does not base his or her life on comics; comics do not make them what they are.

Vipul Dogra