Many people think about "comic books," they are reminded of the 1960's Batman TV series, and expect comic books to still be populated by cartoons characters with appeal primarily for children. But comic books have changed. Their audience now primarily consists of teenagers and young adults; the stories and art have likewise matured. The role of women in comic books has greatly improved. The Amazon archetype is a common figure in contemporary culture, and this is especially true of the genre comic books. Female heroines who are physically equal or superior to male opponents are extremely common. Catwoman, Wonder Woman, the Huntress, Rogue, Psylocke, Namorita, Warbird, Mantis, Moondragon, Phoenix, Storm, Cheshire, Lady Shiva, Spider Woman, Shadowcat, Elektra, Batgirl, Gamora, She-Hulk, Supergirl, the Black Cat and Big Barda vare all examples of the Amazon archetype. This is not some futuristic science fiction brainwashing camp, but more of a sensitivity training coarse designed to help men understand what behavior is acceptable so they can have a more fulfilling life. Comics,Hollywood and television is celebrating the strong female. These not just included young women dressed as super heroines, but also images and videos of women performing amazing feats of strength and agility against the men they dominated. Comics shows have strong female heroines that regularly beat up their male counterparts. It's some kind of fiction, but these programs are aimed at children and teenagers, young girls and especially boys and these images stick. Usually there is no doubt when we see a female and a male comics fight , who is going to be the winner. Those images shape the way people think and the idea of female superiority is being encouraged and imprinted on the minds of children as they grow up. The younger generation is growing up surrounded by images of female superiority, Add to that the school experience where girls get better marks, participate more, take on leadership roles, and learn self- confidence , the picture of successful dominant mother and unstable, submissive father , the younger ones will have grown up, besides these facts and will be used to seeing women beating men at most things ,so it will not be seen as something strange or weird, like some people seem to today. You only have to look at young girls today and how they act, they have a certain arrogance, they realize they can do what they want, and do it better then boy, while boys realize they are so far behind girls and they are already being conditioned to accept the female as superior.

WWJun 26 2006 6:01pm