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In Japan there are entire genres of comics targeted towards women. Now whether they are any good, or any less sexist than male comics is debatable. Am I suppos
by normloman 12y ago
In Japan there are entire genres of comics targeted towards women. Now whether they are any good, or any less sexist than male comics is debatable.
Am I supposed to believe that women love stories told with words, but are incapable of appreciating stories told with pictures?
- xienze 12y agoIn Japan there's entire genres of comics about tentacle rape. People are different in other countries. Comics for women have been tried here. Over and over. They haven't worked. American women just aren't drawn to them. Sometimes it just is what it is!
- normloman 12y agoAgreed. Expecting cultures to change and adapt is for suckers!
- xienze 12y agoSometimes you've gotta pick your battles. We're talking about comic books here. Who really cares? Why do they "need" to change?
- Fomite 12y agoAny why shouldn't comic books (and other media) be the battle some of us pick? Why do they need to not change? Why are you assuming that one cannot try to change comic books and also fight against things you've decided are more important?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoI've been reading comic books since the 70s, and have spent north of five figures on them, and I can tell you this is a battle that absolutely needs to be fought. Mainstream superhero comic book culture is a cancer.
- Fomite 12y agoOr alternately, "comics for women", just like "video games for women" and a thousand other products that just take something dull and derivative, slap a coat of pink paint on it and call it "done" aren't bought by women because they're smart enough to recognize crap, even when it's meant for them. The author isn't asking for "Comics for women", he's asking for "Comics that aren't repellant to women".