No Female Superheroes

00-marco_rosas wrote:

LisaSimpsonOH wrote:
Think of the history of this sort of thing for women. It's the 1960s or 70s. 50 kids are invited to a party, 25 girls and 25 boys, and they are asked to dress up as their favorite superhero. Sure, you'll have a few Batmans and Supermans and Spider-Mans, but there will be some Hulks and Aquamans and Robins and Iron Mans and Thors and such. And 25 Girls drsssed as Wonder Woman. Forty years later, and we can't even get one represented on this game.

This logic is comparable, IMO, to men demanding more male Barbie dolls to be added and then no boys buying said Barbie dolls. I think there should be products/merchandise permitted to primarily target men akin to how there are products that primarily target women. (I'm not saying this logic applies to TSTO since there is a broader female audience for this game; but, it definitely applies to comic books.)

Ultimately, I agree that women are warranted in their fight against gender discrepancies that have an impact on their livelihoods such as equal pay, access to education, etc. But when it comes to stuff such as videogames, entertainment, etc., many of the arguments come off as petty and they often meddle with a product others have enjoyed for a long time.

It's not like anyone would protest if a woman wrote a new comic book featuring female protagonists and a swarm of woman purchase the product either. There are many, many female oriented entertainment products like Hannah Montana, Pretty Little Liars, Barbie, etc. so there is no evidence that more could not exist if there were the demand.

Except that lots of women do play video games and read comic books, and they do buy products that feature strong female characters. Seriously, Barbie dolls and Hannah Montana are all we're supposed to have? Pretty Little Liars? That is incredibly condescending.

And yes, there have been protests about female characters when they haven't been hypersexualized to fulfill male fantasies rather than female ones. There has been horrible treatment of women in these fields when they have dared to speak out for equal representation in games and comics. Comics are actually coming to realize that a huge portion of their market is female, and they are starting to respond. The gaming community needs to do so as well. Sorry if that makes you uncomfortable or "meddles" with a product you like (one based on a show that has taken on this issue, by the way).