I’ve complained before that while Heroes seems to go well out of its way to maintain a good racial balance, its gender balance leaves more than a little to be desired. And while this is possibly due to blatant pandering for male viewers, I’m actually more inclined to blame an underlying strain of chauvinism. While seasons [...]
Posts Tagged ‘superheroes’
Heroes: Reinforcing superhero gender inequalities since 2005
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gender issues, heroes, superheroes, tv on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Battle of the Elizabeths: Bennett v. Lemon
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural theory, Disney, feminism, jane austen, movies, nancy drew, Narnia, sci fi, shakespeare, superheroes, tv on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just wrote an entire note about how modern culture fosters relatively no positive female role models…and then I accidentally deleted it all. I’m not going to rant it again but I’ll give you the short version:
Boys are taught to band together; girls see each other as competition for the sparse female spots within the [...]
