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9. Fair point

Reply to Orsino (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 01:57 PM

Sep 2014

I was just giving the character her due.

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Fear as a Way of Life: Why Women In Comics Don’t ‘Just Report’ Sexual Harassment [View all] el_bryanto Sep 2014 OP

Is there a lot of sexual harrassment in the Marvel universe? Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #1

I suppose there would be el_bryanto Sep 2014 #3

Hulk smash patriarchy! Orsino Sep 2014 #4

Well, the new Ms. Marvel seems like a possibility Recursion Sep 2014 #7

The occasional butt-kicking female hero doesn't seem to cut it. Orsino Sep 2014 #8

Fair point Recursion Sep 2014 #9

It would be tricky to do el_bryanto Sep 2014 #10

Way way back in the 1960s hfojvt Sep 2014 #34

there are tons of posts right here at DU from women who confirm similar experiences BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #5

My grandmother told me that the simpleton will often fool himself much more often... LanternWaste Sep 2014 #12

your grandmother sounds pretty cool! BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #16

We Have Seen Similar Accounts from All Sorts of Places AndyTiedye Sep 2014 #46

I think you're over focusing on one very small part of the whole. BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #52

excellent post el bryanto. and when do speak out??? nt seabeyond Sep 2014 #2

Great point (nt) Recursion Sep 2014 #6

The Methods to Shut Women Up are Routine daredtowork Sep 2014 #11

did you used to be here before? snooper2 Sep 2014 #13

^Here is an example daredtowork Sep 2014 #15

Yep. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #25

^^^ BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #17

And there are comic fans like my son who are doing their best to fight this crap starroute Sep 2014 #14

nerdy men are "used to having their whims satisfied as swiftly, entirely, and luridly as possible"? Matariki Sep 2014 #18

I, for one, did not know that. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #19

As perhaps the nerdiest man on DU I can assure you Codeine Sep 2014 #21

I think this refers to entertainment needs - el_bryanto Sep 2014 #22

So the Pee Wee Hermans, Jerry Lewises, and Mr. Beans of this world Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #23

Did it occur to you to try an understand what the author meant? nt el_bryanto Sep 2014 #29

Apparently not. Clicking on the link and reading the entire thing is tooooo haaaaaard. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #36

Yes, I tried to understand what the author was trying to say Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #48

Apparently you didn't try very hard el_bryanto Sep 2014 #50

I have a thought about this, from my own experience Orrex Sep 2014 #51

Yeah, I quit reading after that. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #24

Really. Because that came almost at the end of the article. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #27

Really. It's in the first paragraph of the article excerpt above. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #31

It's a bad habit of mine to actually read the entire article before passing judgment. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #35

As I said, I stopped reading after that comment. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #37

Did you say something? I had my fingers in my ears. Lalalalalala. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #38

You should get that checked. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #39

Kind of like 50 shades of Gray. Some folks said they didn't need to read the book, just excerpts. The Straight Story Sep 2014 #49

It needs to be taken in context justiceischeap Sep 2014 #28

ESPECIALLY nerdy men hfojvt Sep 2014 #30

Well nerdy sexist and/or misogynist men at least. nt el_bryanto Sep 2014 #41

you have not heard the same conversation in the sports culture? or frat boy culture? or richie rich seabeyond Sep 2014 #45

Yeah. In that case, I'd like a cheeseburger. redgreenandblue Sep 2014 #32

Cheeseburger and fries? NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #33

On a linear scale, a jock must be swimming in sex. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #42

Yeah, that set off the bullshit meter. JVS Sep 2014 #43

Geez, I need a beer, but I guess, I'm just not nerdy enough to have all my wishes fulfilled. FSogol Sep 2014 #44

K&R great post. nt UtahLib Sep 2014 #20

As a wise man once said Capt. Obvious Sep 2014 #26

K&R Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #40

K&R Starry Messenger Sep 2014 #47