[ SECRET POST #3451 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3451 ⌋

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Comments

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

Upset maybe, but these claims of sexism make absolutely no sense. I say that as a feminist. Imagine a man in the same position and ask yourselves if you would still be upset. If so, great! It means you're upset by the image itself. If not, examine your double standards.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

what kind of feminist are you that you don't recognise there is an inequality between men and women and that's why people don't get as upset at male heroes being portrayed as helpless victims...

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

I recognize that inequality. That's why I'm a feminist. But I also recognize the need to view women as individuals and not a stand-in for All Women Everywhere. It's dehumanizing to do so.

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

You're glossing over a whole lot of context here. Up to 10% of homicides in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation, with female victims and male murderers comprising the overwhelming majority (80+%) of cases. And up to ~70% of abused women have experienced strangulation at the hands of their abusive partners.

That's a major part of why it's sexist for a promotional poster for a superhero flick to use an image of a woman being choked by a man: because it's evoking and repurposing what in RL is both a horrific and a very gendered crime.

And it's also worth noting that there aren't any promotional posters for action films that involve a male hero looking similarly cowed or beaten, much less in this particular gendered way. Scenes like that may appear in the movie--from which the male hero eventually emerges triumphant--but they're not still-framed, divorced from the narrative, and presented to potential viewers as enticement.

I would be disturbed by seeing a male character in the same position, but I'm more disturbed by seeing a female character in it. That's not a double standard; that's a recognition of the existing sexist milieu of which the image is a part.