There are certainly more "pin-ups guys" today than before…Originally Posted by Michael Watkins
Before, in a group of super-heroes (or heroes), there was the Stong one (or the Brave one), the Clever one, the Strange one (there were all male)… and the Girl. There wasn't much room for variety: she had to possess all the qualities (and the flaws) a girl was expected to have. And most of readers were male then…
Now, the situation is much better, the women are less stereotypical, there are more of them in the group. But… all right, it's not ideal: no good girl that is not also sexy in comics. Tank girl? You will say she's sexy…
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