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[XantheStone]

I think LJM is also ignoring the fact that female superheroes would be just as empowering, and I’d say more so, if they could wear proper clothes.

[anon61221983]

Also, I think this also goes back to the male gaze. Dress in and of itself is not inherently empowering or disempowering. It’s how we live in a society that expects us to dress not for ourselves, in whatever makes us comfortable, but in what’s deemed acceptable and proper in the eyes of men.

[XantheStone]

@anon61221983

Also, I think this also goes back to the male gaze.

Absolutely. My first thought when I looked at the picture attached to this post was, “My goodness, are we sure her boobs are big enough?” Because it seems I am sarcastic even in my internal monologue.

[anon61221983]

@XantheStone

Because it seems I am sarcastic even in my internal monologue.

[Melizmatic]

But I didn’t make the fact up.

I didn’t even clock it that the person you’re addressing has anecdotal “evidence” confused with verifiable facts.

[GulliverFoyle]

@LJM

I think you’re being disingenuous about what I wrote, which was only that many women find comic book super heroes to be empowering.

You didn’t write it in a vacuum. Disagreement works both ways.

[VeronicaConnor]

@LJM

Had it been stated as an opinion, then no, it wouldn’t need to be countered. But it was stated as a fact (and one that implied a necessity to recognize it),

You are confusing being empowered with feeling empowered. The former is what I said. The latter is what you said.

The fact is that media like this is deeply damaging to women and our ability to be taken seriously in society as anything other than sexual objects.

[anon61221983]

@VeronicaConnor

this is deeply damaging to women and our ability to be taken seriously in society as anything other than sexual objects