I was on a website for memes when I saw the following picture:
The image had the caption "if male superheroes were actually female," and then the poses of the male heroes were changed to more suggestive ones. In the actual poster for the movie "The Avengers," Scarlet Johansson is the only only hero who shows off her rear, while the five male heroes are not objectified in such a way. I laughed at the juxtaposition of the actual poster and the satirical one, because I had been thinking about how there is only one female hero in the movie and how she will be depicted in the movie. If this poster is any indication, it will not be a feminist one. Johansson's character seems to be the perfect woman, hourglass-shaped and amazing at hand-to-hand combat, but the male characters are also objectified in a way. First, all five male heroes are just as attractive as Johansson, and they are also similarly idealized and muscular. However, the movie centers on more male heroes, so the chances of objectification are higher.
However, I wondered what would be so wrong if there were more female heroes. Of course, the characters are SUPERHEROES, so they are also expected to be superhuman, but that does not stop the majority of the population from judging themselves in comparison to the depictions on screen.

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