tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3253516949261298537.post3080140767867765218..comments2023-10-24T01:06:54.102-07:00Comments on I'm skeerdy: I Claim this Breast in the Name of all MankindAnon, A Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02783872862621609977noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3253516949261298537.post-79113945737015935582008-01-22T11:20:00.000-08:002008-01-22T11:20:00.000-08:00Marionette:See, this is the kind of the thing I'm ...Marionette:<BR/><BR/>See, this is the kind of the thing I'm talking about. You open with "not taking the sexy away", but then go on about wanting more out of the various heroines, which is okay just as far as a pithy quote goes, but what actually does that mean?<BR/><BR/>Does the bodypainted Wonder Woman somehow subtract "wonder" from the character? Does the MJ statue actually devalue Mary Jane? Perhaps you personally don't feel so, but there's enough blog-flap about these sorts of things that SOMEONE must feel that way, and if the intent is to improve the lot of the characters by removing or discouraging what some feel are negative depictions, then, yes, someone wants to take someone else's sexy away.<BR/><BR/>Merle:<BR/><BR/>Like I said in my post, I don't dispute that historically men have been better at steering women's sexuality than vice versa. I happen to think that nowadays this is less to do with some patriarchal intent to keep the wimmenfolk down and more a result of differing perspectives on what each gender wants out of sex, and perhaps a bit of miscommunication in that regard.<BR/><BR/>In the context of these comics-based discussions, however, the idea that a bodypainted Wonder Woman photo (or nearly any other cited depiction in comics) "co-opts" female sexuality is something for which I don't follow the logic.Anon, A Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783872862621609977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3253516949261298537.post-606903726919145952008-01-22T09:38:00.000-08:002008-01-22T09:38:00.000-08:00It's okay, we don't want to take away your sexy. ...It's okay, we don't want to take away your sexy. You can have all the sexy you want. You can drown in breasts if it makes you happy. Nobody is trying to take your sexy away from you.<BR/><BR/>What we want is not less of anything, we want more. More strength, more kick-assness, more super in Supergirl, more wonder in Wonder Woman, more marvel in Ms. Marvel. and more bats in Batgirl. So to speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3253516949261298537.post-56051069910372262572008-01-22T04:07:00.000-08:002008-01-22T04:07:00.000-08:00This is a valid point, but usually when they talk ...This is a valid point, but usually when they talk about this, they are suggesting that many of the issues of women's sexuality are controlled by men more than the issues of male sexuality are controlled by women.<BR/><BR/>For instance, this might refer to things like the obsession with penis size (Which multitudes of women have decried as a complete myth,) the fact that most media portrays women as sexual first and foremost whereas it doesn't with men, and the fact that in most "traditional" sexual media, women take an inherently passive role.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com