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 30, 2008

Women in Comics


In a lot of comics women are viewed in very tight cloth and big proportions. I agree and disagree with the statement about women being sexual objects in comics.
I think the statement is somehow true, because women are drawn in tight cloth and with big proportions. The cloths they’re wearing are tight and mostly have a deep cutting. The female curves are shown very big and unrealistic. But the big proportions, like muscles and biceps, make them look strong which is good. In a lot of comics women are shown as fragile and weak, so it is good that there are women in comics as superheroes not only as victims. With giving the women tight cloths, they try to get teenagers read it. Men / Superheroes are drawn, shown in a different way then the women. So women are somehow sexual objects and somehow not.

By Lea

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