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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
The comics are reflecting a more diverse society and audience than when they were all white dudes with the token lady doing laundry, cleaning the dishes, and being swooned at by all the dudes. This is a good thing.
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There is more (or less) going on than that. There had been plenty of strong female and minority characters for years. Why do so many classic male characters end up feminized and sexualized?
Paging Dr. Freud.
http://feministfrequency.com/2013/11...opes-vs-women/
In this episode we examine the Ms. Male Character trope and briefly discuss a related pattern called the Smurfette Principle. We’ve defined the Ms. Male Character Trope as: The female version of an already established or default male character. Ms. Male Characters are defined primarily by their relationship to their male counterparts via visual properties, narrative connection or occasionally through promotional materials.
This trope is of course part of a long tradition in visual storytelling. The process of creating Ms. Male Characters out of preexisting male heroes has been especially popular in animation and comic books over the past century. When the female spin-off is an exact duplicate, she is sometime referred to as a Distaff Counterpart. Even though the Ms. Male Character did not originate with video games, developers have made generous and frequent use of the trope over the years especially in games marketed towards young people and general audiences.
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/comicsalliance
http://thumbpress.com/if-our-favorit...re-sexy-women/