newmoonstar | (Reply)

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I know! Why do women always have to be portrayed as victims all the time? Doing that is just a way of dehumanizing them; so that they'll be defined by that label instead of as a full human being. And it's especially insidious in comics. People need heroes because we see a reflection of ourselves in them; we need to believe in ordinary people who can do extraordinary things, as is often the case with superheroes, who are ordinary people half the time, and then fight for truth justice, and the American/Bat/Spider/whatever way in the guise of their alter egos the rest of the time. But to give women a reflection of themselves as having to be victims in order to be part of this, that to be a victim is the normal and only way of things sets a very dangerous precedent. To refuse to acknowledge women as whole people in the same way that men are is the same as saying that they can't be or shouldn't be.

But I'm not really that knowledgable about comics specifically. I hear they're getting a lot better than they used to be, and nowadays there are independant comics that are more progressive than the old school biggies like DC and Marvel.

But anyway, good luck with your thesis! :)