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Present

  • Hyper-sexualized
  • Lack of representation
  • Male dominated

Past

Future

  • Stereotyped females
  • Written/drawn for men
  • Marginalized representation
  • "Women-in-refrigerators" syndrome
  • Diverse characters
  • Female-led comics
  • Realistic depictions

Joss Whedon's "Fray" and Women in Comics

The Hawkeye Initiative

Whedon's Intentions

"I had come to Dark Horse [the publisher] with pretty much one stipulation: No cheesecake. No giant silicone hooters, no standing with her butt out in that bizarrely uncomfortable soft-core pose so many artists favor. None of those outfits that casually-and constantly-reveal portions of thong. I wanted a real girl, with real posture, a slight figure..., and most of all, a distinctive face. A person."

Whedon, "Fray" Foreward

"Fray"

Conclusion

"We bring up problems with sexism in comics, and will continue to bring them up, because the comics industry has been treating fictional and non-fictional women with a double standard for decades... Because comics have been traditionally made for an almost exclusively male audience, and the entire industry built itself around it; because female readers almost equal male readers now and they deserve to be acknowledged and treated with respect."

  • Melaka Fray
  • "Buffy" universe
  • Supernatural heroine
  • Hero's journey

Rob Bricken, io9.com

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