During our
primary age we loved super heroes, whether it is in the movie, in television shows, cartoons, or someone in
real life. Children look up to their own super heroes; they copy them and play
the pretend game. We choose our own idols whether it is Superman, Batman, or
Spiderman we see them as our role models we want to be someday. Children often
like superheroes because they save lives and in a fun way. But why are these
all male superheroes?
I watched a movie on
about the green lantern, later on I started to notice there was a yellow colored
villain in the series. I looked it up on the internet and I bumped into an
article in a website called Soc Theory and it was titled “GenderStereotypes And Over-sexualization of Women in Comic Books” written by Clew.
Clew had also watched a Green Lantern Movie, he didn’t know anything about
green lantern or what he is so he also looked it up on the internet and found
out that Green Lanterns universe is not just green, there he cited the color
pink, violet and purple where woman in Green lanterns universe wore. He cited
that artist showed these heroes as a feminine type due to their colors. As normal
superheroes would wear Blue, Yellow, and Red because they are considered as the
primary colors and they show masculinity. He said in the his article that isn’t
that just stereotyping in women, and how women wore their costume and poses. He
also cited different heroines that showed a lot of sexist in their clothing and
color. “But the oversexualization of women only serves to further objectify
them.” said Clew. Women should be treated equally even in making the character
like that sexy and good looking, chances are people would see them as
vulnerable and weak.
I have also read in
another on The Daily Dot site and the article titled “Strong FemaleSuperhero Pose meme gets a Hawkeye reboot” written by Aja Roman. Where she
was browsing through tumbler and saw memes in our generation what would males
or super heroes would look like if they were to replicate the poses that female
heroes or characters are. She cited different pictures where Hawkeye one of the
heroes on The Avengers posed like Harley Quinn. She also cited in her article
the different types of pictures that could get the attention of readers like
the poses of Mary Jane that was copied by a different guy and it doesn’t look
as appealing. She mentioned 8 different types of strong female characters with poses and ideas
of guys in them. “We look forward to seeing where fandom takes the
Strong Female Superhero meme next. After all, so far, it’s had more twists than
a, well, strong female superhero.” Said Aja. We should also put empathy in what
we see or do to others it’s all good with fun and laughs but to realize these
are just as valuable
Going back children
often look up to male heroes; they inherit what they see in their idols,
whether there are female superheroes. It is hard to make them be liked in a
society where we grew up with male heroes. We also tend to stereotype these
kinds like people walking around, wearing pink or a bit girly clothing; we tend
to judge them as if they were gay. I learned some of us do liked other colors
in life, whether its pink to violet meaning feminine or blue to black for
masculine. It doesn’t mean that if these super heroes wear these kinds of
clothes or colors they are weak and vulnerable. Also heroines in their clothing
are just as sexist, why don’t they let male heroes wear shorts and plunging
neckline and see how men would feel.
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