Just noticed this guy has been banned. Hope it wasnt due to this conversation, since Im about to continue it. If no one else is interested in talking about this, though, let me know and we'll drop it. We can argue about the new costume instead.
So, this "rampant sexism" thing seems a poor example to me. Yes, there is certainly sexism among comicdom. But one quick Google search will bring up the same (or worse) among athletes, musicians, celebrities, businessmen and politicians, the wealthy and the poor, rednecks and cultured folk.....you see it in nearly every corner of the world, regardless of social standing or vocation. This of course is not excusing such behavior, but to say that comics somehow breed a culture of women haters seems....pointedly false. This is, after all, the fandom screaming for Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, and Black Widow solo films, who have embraced a female-only X-Men, made the Birds of Prey a solid corner of Gotham, and have accepted female solo titles like Batwoman, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, and so on. If some asshats at a convention yell obscenities at cosplaying women, they're the exception, not the rule. Every group has that lowest common denominator. Hell, the very existence of the Carol Corps largely puts this entire statement into a dubious light. If comicdom was such a negative place for women to be at, I doubt the Corps would have the traction or the numbers it does.
I'd also like to know what nation sees the majority of its violence in movies and television. This is a post-9/11, post-Arab Spring world. Violence is the word of the day, and the 24/7 news cycle brings it to us with up-to-the-second updates and high-definition images. If the majority of the violence you see is fictional, you clearly are not spending much time on CNN. Half the middle east is in chaos and flames, and you think that Superman punching Metallo is the problem? No, I think not.
As for this part,
why would anyone want to impart this same kind of mindset onto young girls? I do. Im not raising a victim. The current mindset I see seems to tell kids that fighting, no matter what, is bad and you should rely on authority figures to fix your problems for you. No, not my kids. Schools may have done away with winners and losers but real life has not. Schools encourage kids to allow themselves to get beat up, but there wont be a cop on every corner to protect my kids when they grow up. There are still predators out there, and there likely always will be. My children will know how to defend themselves and how to conduct themselves properly, rather than relying on others to come to their rescue.
If you question how this mindset has worked out? I was raised on superheroes. Superman's example is why I donate to charity, help the homeless, and am as open minded about other lifestyles and cultures as I am. My son is being raised on these same values. He's only seven, but has broken up fights between kids at school, protected girls in his class from being beat up, helped others with their homework, given away his toys to the less fortunate, and all three of the teachers he's had thus far have said he's one of the most polite and considerate kids in his class. If this sounds like bragging, its not (wholly) intentional, Im just trying to express from firsthand experience how your opinion can be (and is,) proven wrong.
Hell, if nothing else, if what you say were true, superheroes wouldnt even be around anymore. McCarthy said the same things in the 50's. He was proven wrong then, and nothing has changed since.