Poses mean things. Sure, both poses are squatting, but they’re very different squats (I can’t believe I just used that sentance. Ah well.) Parker’s is just kind of weird - it kind of says “spider” and there’s a certain amount of dominance in it, but it really isn’t saying anything to the looker. Jessica’s pose is actively sending out sexual signals - she’s posing like a stipper or maybe someone from a 80s hair-band video.
You can make the arguement “but that’s what sells,” and we can argue about that all day. Is it right or wrong? That’s not what I’m calling into question. What I’m saying is that those poses are not the same at all. One pose is overtly sexual, the other is not.
Ark, after being clued in to what your removed comment was in reference to, I got the joke, and it was funny. Crass, but funny. If you had provided links to in the posts that was removed for the benefit of those unaware, I think the situation might be different. Reading the note from the mod, maybe not…I am guessing the mod was also unaware, and may be taking a very conservative approach to “profanity” anyway.
I saw the removed comment in its orginal context. Without the reference material, all it was was you, responding to a call for Spiderwomen in the game, with a crack about that poster having a certain fetish. Knowing the reference, very witty. Not knowing the reference, it looked completely random.
I will say I don’t know if it warranted a deleted post. I will say though you are sexualizing Spider-Woman. You are saying the only reason that he wants a her in game is because she has a nice derriere, when in fact the poster could like her as a hero.
I really like Kamala Khan comics. It has nothing to do with her looks or anything of that manner. They are well written, good comics. (flame away internet). In the old days of marvel every female character had to be insanely hot and showing pretty much everything, those days are gone.
Even Black Widows outfit in the cinematic universe doesn’t show cleavage. It is skin tight but not open on the top.
I still don’t think your post should have been deleted, but don’t act like you were not making a sexualized comment.
and let us NOT forget the Marvel Swimsuit Editions…
In 1992, Marvel decided to copy SI’s success by launching their own swimsuit special. This all-pinup book features scantily clad heroes, both male and female, as rendered by some of the finest artists in the business. These include the brothers Hildebrandt, Joe Jusko, P. Craig Russell, and countless others.
Making assumptions in a public discussion is risky, yes. It’s even riskier on online forums where the give and take is very limited. Misunderstandings are so easy to get into online.
It’s all about the spine and hips, really. On the flip side I don’t know what the heck is going on with Spidey’s leg there. It looks weird. It is a lot closer, but it doesn’t read nearly as sexual.
Yeah it was a joke. Do they have jokes where you’re from? People sometimes day absurd things in jokes for the sake of humor. People aren’t actually discussing the reasons why a chicken would cross a road.
The spider’s are always show in bizarre poses. Being all spider-y. That people see different messages in the pose based on gender of the subject is nothing new. Says as much about the viewer as the artist.
I didn’t find the post offensive at all, not sure why it was deleted. You were talking about the person you quoted, nowhere did you demean women. Women are proud of their bodies, and strive to have nice rear-ends, go to the gym to firm them up, and tone them, and then wear yoga pants and other tight pants to show it off… and when someone says that someone else may appreciate said rear end… it’s demeaning to the woman?
If the post called her a piece-of-rear end… well then he would be demeaning her and simplifying all that she is into a body part.
Gunna have to ask people to dial the knob back a few notches. It’s okay to explore the subject of “sexualizing” or demeaning people, since it has to do with the topic at hand, but let’s be civil about it. No need to call someone a sexist, especially extrapolating from one comment about a woman’s butt, for example.
My final word on the actual OP. This being an internet forum and all, if kids are on this forum, and posting no less.. this means they are not internet novices, and nothing in this forum will ever be worse than something they can google.. even with parental filters on.
There is a vast chasm between feeling passionate about something and calling names like a child. Eloquent people don’t need direct personal attacks. I’d tell you what to do with your apology but apparently I can’t use the words I’d need
Anyone ever see a female superhero depicted in this pose?
Now that’s sexist! Why aren’t there girls in those poses? WHY girl version of tarzan should wear anything, and not be topless? BI-STANDARDS, feminists, pseudosexists BS, thats what all this is.
