http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-marv ... perheroes/
Ugh...just...ugh...they brought back the whole "Black Widow says she's a monster because she's sterile" claim that won't fucking die.
Ericthebearjew wrote:Ten bucks says Cracked will proclaim Captain Marvel the greatest superhero film ever.
ShuaiGuy wrote:There are female superheroes?!
AdricDePsycho wrote:Ugh...just...ugh...they brought back the whole "Black Widow says she's a monster because she's sterile" claim that won't fucking die.
DomaDoma wrote:Honestly, the Marvel-verse is getting to exhibit the problems that keep me from reading the comic books, those being a) overly dense continuity and b) no apparent intention of concluding until the heat death of the universe. But clearly that doesn't bother most people.
Ericthebearjew wrote:DomaDoma wrote:Honestly, the Marvel-verse is getting to exhibit the problems that keep me from reading the comic books, those being a) overly dense continuity and b) no apparent intention of concluding until the heat death of the universe. But clearly that doesn't bother most people.
Wait, 2020 will be the end of the universe?
Ceiling_Squid wrote:The sterility claim again? Yeah, not giving this a click, thanks for the warning.
The problem with that argument in particular is that it ignores the entire context of the scene and her backstory, and its a fact that only comes up the one time (during a relevant discussion) instead of repeatedly dwelling on it.
But no, internet. I'm sure Black Widow feels like a monster specifically because she can't have kids, not because she feels she was dehumanized and her bodily autonomy violated in order to better mold her into a goddamned killing machine.
A hypothetical man who was chemically or surgically castrated as part of a brainwashing regimen would certainly feel humiliated and less-than-human as well, and I don't think as many people would be up in arms about it. Because they'd see him as an individual with actual agency who suffers from skewed self-perception, rather than a cipher for or statement about all men.
Female characters are allowed to be mentally ill and have body issues without it reflecting on the entire gender. Particularly when those issues are merely symptoms of real, non-trivial trauma.
Who's misogynistic now?
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