jabbahey
Freaked Out
I'm new to the forum, but let me try to come at this from a different angle. My Wife and I decided to join a gym about 10 years ago. We both love the time together and it is great to blow off a little steam after work. My Wife evetually started entering fitness competitions and has a great, muscular but lean figure. Too lean around competition time in my opinion, but that is what the judges look for. She wears spandex leggings around the neighborhood and bikinis to the neighborhood pool. They aren't tiny little thong bikinis, but her body is just sexy (As Jessica Rabbit said, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way"). This is where our 6 year-old daughter comes into the picture. She has always grown up with a Mom that has the body type of a character from a comic book. Larger chest, very thin waist and nice tight round little bottom. This what my daughter considers normal. So now she has started questioning why other Moms don't look like her Mom. She finds the other Moms out of the norm. So what is my wife supposed to do? Add 50 lbs and stop exercising so she can make the other Moms feel better about themselves and make my daughter decide that a out of shape, less healthy way of life is ok also. Or should she continue to do what makes her happy and promote a healthy way of living for our Daughter? I guess what I'm saying is that not all women look alike. Some women really do have the physical characteristics of the women in comics. Some women do wear sexy clothes or at least make those clothes look sexier than most. There is afeminist blog out there that make jokes about the way female characters are drawn (I'm guessing some of you know what I'm talking about). They say the characters are not realistic because their waists are to thin, chests are to big or that they can't bend or twist in a certain way. Perhaps if they would quit bitching on their blog, drop that doughnut and pick up a weight they would discover that there are women out there in the world that do look, bend and twist in that way. My wife has to do it in every competition she enters and practices it almost daily. And her competition suit is a lot smaller than anything Vampirella ever put on. None of this is directed at the original thread author, but I guess it's directed at all the changes Marvel and DC has made to costumes in recent times (Ms. Marvel, Spider-Woman, etc.). Political correctness is trying to teach everyone that mediocracy is the norm and that the overachievers are the ones outside the mainstream. We are talking about fictional super heroes here. That in itself by definition implies fit, muscular and sexy bodies for both male and female characters. And just like you see everyday in the grocery store, at the beach and around neighborhood pool...women wear tighter clothing and smaller swimwear than men. They always show off their bodies more than men. Why would a comic character be any different? You can't tell me that a woman wears 6" tall heels to go shopping because they are the most "realistic" choice for the day. I don't want my Daughter to have any body issue problems in the future either, so I will continue to raise her eating healthy and promoting fitness, not hiding her eyes from a little bit of cleavage and a little booty hanging out of a fictional characters costume. Guess I didn't blow enough steam off at the gym today, so I'm doing it here. Like I said, I'm not here to put the thread author down and I understand his situation. He needs to make the best choice for him and his family. Like someone said previously, why not just buy male characters, his wife seems to have no problem with muscular and "sexy" male statues around the house (double standard? LOL). But I don't want to censor a beautiful, fit and healthy woman in real life or in comics down to a Nun or stuff her in a burqa just to make a few feminists and insecure women feel better about themselves. I know Marvel and DC are doing it in hopes that more women will start purchasing comics while their male fans will stay loyal and buy despite the change. Just give it a few years. I think things, like they always do, will swing back in the other direction. Holy crap, that wasn't a response, it was more like a manifesto. Sorry about that. Now Sideshow, where is that Premium Format Dejah Thoris that I've always dreamed about?
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No doubt. Thanks for your input and thoughtful replies.
