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

Women are not portrayed as objects in comics..


Women are not being objectified in comic books even though they are portrayed in a sexual manner. Women wearing tight clothes and have large breasts, small waists and perfect hair are as un realistic as the super powers they posses. Women being dressed and proportioned the way they are in comics are to attract young randy teenagers, not to objectify and make them seem inferior to men, but to tantalize young adolescents with large breasts into buying the comic. Some people may take these comic drawing as offence to women, when they are merely an artist's creativity drawn on paper.
I feel that women are not being objectified in comics because comics are not real and are simply the imagination of a talented or un-talented comic book writer. They are not meant to be taken as seriously as some people do because they are fake. Where in real life does some one become a huge monster and turn green when they are angry? Can anyone shoot spider webs from thier wrists and walk up walls? Never, because all of these ideas and characters are not meant to be real, even though they may appear to be to some people. If we do not take a person flying or turning invisible so serioulsy, then there is no reason for us to take scantily dressed, clevage exposing, partially nude women so seriously.
The picture on the top right is an example of how un real comics are. The man in the picture is incredibly muscular which is very unreal. There is a huge monster in the picture which is fake as well, just an image from someones imagination drawn on paper. The woman is dressed very revealingly with un real proportions and she is supposed to be a super heroine and it is impossible to do the stunts and antics that super heroines do with the costume she is wearing. Most things in comics are exagerrated and people should understand that the women's proportions are exaggerated as well and that women do not have to compare themselves to comics because they are un real. Almost anything is possible in a comic book, many impossible things are portrayed in comics and they should not be taken so seriously. They should not be labelled saying that they are portaying women as 'inferior' because in my opinion it is not true.


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