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I guess I'm old fashioned. It bugs me in movies and TV when I see men hitting women. I don't care if the woman is a villain and the guy is the hero. It's just how I was brought up. Boys don't hit girls. Period. Well, what if she hits me first? Then you stand there and take it like a man.
It's completely acceptable that Superman has all kinds of powers, including but not limited to:
Super Strength Flight Super Speed Invulnerability except for that of a red sun or Kryptonite Vision Hearing
But OMG, if a super hero WOMAN can beat man in a fight, all of a sudden we're concerned about whether it's realistic? And politicizing it?
LOL - someone seems awfully defensive.
I loved Wonder Woman as a movie. She was supposed to be able to do what she did. You'll be satisfied when Ms. Captain Marvel is the alpha fighter in the next Avengers movie. Plus I suspect that Cameron's next Terminator movie will feature a female bot tossing little old Arnie around.
BTW - I have received more positive feedback for this thread than anything else I have ever done here. Don't think I'm alone in my observations. The pack attacks are amusing.
I guess I'm old fashioned. It bugs me in movies and TV when I see men hitting women. I don't care if the woman is a villain and the guy is the hero. It's just how I was brought up. Boys don't hit girls. Period. Well, what if she hits me first? Then you stand there and take it like a man.
Mr Virtue Signaler has played his hand now. Clap, clap, clap.
I know one thing. There is a woman's shelter full of frightened women, and their children, not too far from where I live. I have never heard of one for men.
Women and children are in shelters because they need a place to stay. You must live in a small town. There are men shelters all over the place. For homeless men, also check under bridges, in an alley, abandoned buildings, sleeping in their trucks, etc. Financial distress and homelessness affect both men and women.
If you mean shelters for battered spouses, male pride won't allow most men to admit to being battered but it happens.
I loved Wonder Woman as a movie. She was supposed to be able to do what she did. You'll be satisfied when Ms. Captain Marvel is the alpha fighter in the next Avengers movie. Plus I suspect that Cameron's next Terminator movie will feature a female bot tossing little old Arnie around.
BTW - I have received more positive feedback for this thread than anything else I have ever done here. Don't think I'm alone in my observations. The pack attacks are amusing.
I won't care one way or another what happens in any of those movies because I got super-heroe'd out several years ago. I just find the irony in your positions amusing.
I am also not surprised that you are not alone in your observations.
My husband and son still go to every new super hero movie that comes out. They don't seem to mind the strong women. But they are also very secure in their masculinity.
Go ahead Hollywood, keep trying to reshape the world into your twisted ideals.
I can't think of any reason to not want women to be strong, unless you're planning on stealing purses or assaulting them, of course--then you'd certainly want women to be easy targets.
Why wouldn't you want your wife or daughter to be able to fight off a bad guy--what's twisted about that? Would you really rather your wife or daughter take a beating and be a victim? Talk about twisted.
It was traditional in the old days to portray women as being weak, which was the way the bad guys liked it, and I'm glad those days are over.
Only weak guys and bad guys need women to be weak.
My husband and son still go to every new super hero movie that comes out. They don't seem to mind the strong women. But they are also very secure in their masculinity.
It's not just super hero movies, and has nothing to do with being secure in your masculinity. It the ridiculous VIRTUE SIGNALING the entertainment industry, media, and corporate advertisers do which unreasonably glorify women, and minorities purely for some type of sympathetic gain to make themselves look "evolved". It is the height of condescension, and stupidity.
The real message being, "Gee we don't think women and minorities are as good as everyone else so we have to employ make believe in order to make themselves feel better about themselves so we can SELL MORE STUFF."
It's not just super hero movies, and has nothing to do with being secure in your masculinity. It the ridiculous VIRTUE SIGNALING the entertainment industry, media, and corporate advertisers do which unreasonably glorify women, and minorities purely for some type of sympathetic gain to make themselves look "evolved". It is the height of condescension, and stupidity.
The real message being, "Gee we don't think women and minorities are as good as everyone else so we have to employ make believe in order to make themselves feel better about themselves so we can SELL MORE STUFF."
NEWSFLASH - Super hero movies are fantasy. Given that every single character is a fantasy, how does one character's gender make the story any more or less believable?
That is the question at hand.
Edit: entertainment is a business and "selling more stuff" has been the agenda for decades. What is wrong with marketing to the entire audience rather than only 50%? Sounds like a good business decision to me.
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