{"id":1972,"date":"2012-01-21T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T20:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2015-11-14T16:09:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T23:09:14","slug":"interesting-take-on-gender-stereotyping-in-comic-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/01\/21\/interesting-take-on-gender-stereotyping-in-comic-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Take on Gender Stereotyping in Comic Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h1 class=\"entry-title\">The Avengers: Strike a\u00a0Pose!<\/h1>\n<p>Here we have the original ad pic for the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0458339\/\" target=\"_blank\">Captain America<\/a> film (note the position of the Black Widow) followed by how it might look if all the superheros were made to pose like us girls usually are.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danhf.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/29\/the-avengers-strike-a-pose\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/danhf.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/29\/the-avengers-strike-a-pose\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this series, Aaron Diaz takes a shot at a different approach to superheroes.<\/p>\n<p>In part one he tackles the <a href=\"http:\/\/dresdencodak.tumblr.com\/post\/10979241054\/rebooting-the-justice-league\" target=\"_blank\">Justice League<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In part two he does the <a href=\"http:\/\/dresdencodak.tumblr.com\/post\/11174072014\/rebooting-dcs-villains\" target=\"_blank\">Legion of Doom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In part three he does <a href=\"http:\/\/dresdencodak.tumblr.com\/post\/11344418364\/rebooting-batman\" target=\"_blank\">Batman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AND THEN, <a href=\"http:\/\/dresdencodak.tumblr.com\/post\/11364826489\/dc-comics-reboots-dresden-codak\" target=\"_blank\">DC takes a short at re-designing some of his characters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still not sure how I feel about this &#8211; I think I like having a mix of &#8216;pin-ups&#8217; and more interesting characters. In the interestes of full disclosure, I&#8217;ve never really found ANY cartoon character sexy, so mostly I don&#8217;t care. I guess aslo, I grew up when my most significant TV role models were Geanie, Bewitched (housewives, who, though smarter than their husband-masters, still behaved like mere servants), and Emma Peel. Even Emma quit her job when her husband re-appeared. Sigh.<\/p>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><object id=\"plugin0\" style=\"position: absolute; z-index: 1000;\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" type=\"application\/x-dgnria\"><param name=\"tabId\" value=\"ff-tab-66\" \/><param name=\"counter\" value=\"477\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1972'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1972);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1972);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1972);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The Avengers: Strike a\u00a0Pose! Here we have the original ad pic for the new Captain America film (note the position of the Black Widow) followed by how it might look if all the superheros were made to pose like us &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/01\/21\/interesting-take-on-gender-stereotyping-in-comic-characters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,363],"tags":[140,150,151,64,103],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-women","tag-being-human","tag-comics","tag-gender","tag-internet","tag-society"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-vO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3857,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/04\/26\/where-ive-been-online-apr-26-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":1972,"position":0},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (Apr. 26, 2014)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Education Through Play: How Games Can Help Children Learn \" inShare14 Can games serve as a vehicle for education? 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MIT Computer Scientists Demonstrate the Hard Way That Gender Still Matters | WIRED. \u201cWe\u2019re 3 female computer scientists at MIT, here to answer questions about programming and academia. 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Looks like we still have a ways to go.... From Mark Guzdial's Blog: We\u2019ve heard stories like this before, about the implicit bias in how STEM professionals are judged. \u00a0This one is striking because the participants\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2013-02-19 @11-36-04","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2013-02-19-%4011-36-04-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3043,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/10\/24\/male-scientists-still-seem-to-think-that-women-innately-suck-at-math\/","url_meta":{"origin":1972,"position":3},"title":"Male scientists still seem to think that women innately suck at math.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"What Male And Female Scientists Say About Women In Science Interesting study, though to most women in the sciences, especially in math, physics, and tech, this is hardly news. It might also be worth teaching male scientists that women don't innately suck at math, a fact of which female scientists\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3331,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/12\/anyone-want-to-do-the-follow-up-research\/","url_meta":{"origin":1972,"position":4},"title":"Anyone want to do the follow-up research?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Anyone want to do the follow-up research? 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First the \"Flipped Classroom\": Essentially, his pedagogical tweaks involve the use of technology to incorporate student feedback and discussion. 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