How come all of the female super heroes and role models that are "empowering" women dress like street walkers?
the pussy cat dolls, wonder woman, megan fox, paris hilton, the silk spectre 2 from the watchmen?
they all dress like street walkers. maybe some of them are like "glammed up" street walkers, but they still dress like who*res! why do these people and characters have to dress like they carry a million STDs?
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Answer by green6es
Because of peoples inability to think beyond their gonads when it comes to women doing anything.
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Because women, and especially girls are really really stupid.
They idolise pop stars.
Boys usually at least idolise competitive people such as sports stars
(or thugs and rappers too now, unfortunately)
Super heroes come in comics and comics are generally read by guys.
To boost the sales of comics, comic writers make female super heroes look like “skimpy models” so that it may attract the attention of the guys.
Wait I am a street walker because I walk the streets….
Supply/Demand economics.
1) because men write these stories.
2) Sex sells.
I don’t let my 13 yr. old daughter watch this crap.
Well, comic book characters are normally marketed toward young men and the movies will of course carry through with the provocative dress in order to entice the audience.
Many of the popular women you name are sex symbols, and nothing more. I’d encourage you to expand your horizons when considering which women deserve the label of “empowering”.
There are a great deal of women who do not dress like that and are considered great role models to independent women. It is up to you to look to them instead, as many do.
Of course, a woman’s sex appeal is sometimes part of what empowers her, among many other things. I would be careful not to think less of a woman who dresses provocatively if she carries herself well in other areas of her life.
cuz a hot sexy babe is better as a role model than a fatty
Which shows you one of the reasons why so many boys that grow up to be men have a distorted perception of women, and it’s so distorted that they will deny vehemently that any external influences have shaped their perceptions…
Because that’s what men like and women, always needing the approval and lust of men to support their self esteem, will gladly attempt to fit the bill.
Because they want guys to hit on them.
Think about it .If they are “Super Women , they have high testosterone levels ,so a high libido.
To the best of my knowledge the mainstream Super Chicks are heterosexual, so want to be pretty for the guys.
If there are gay Super Women , I’ve never heard of them.
Who the hell places the Pussy Cat Dolls, Megan Fox and Paris Hilton in the role models section?
I think the rest of then dress just fine. You’ve never actually met a real “streetwalker” have you?
Because the media make it that way.
And because people generally do not use their own minds.
My fictional female heroes are ‘Alice’ from the ‘Resident Evil’ movies, ‘Sidney’ from the ‘Scream’ trilogy, and ‘Buffy’, ‘Willow’, and ‘Tara’ from ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. They dress casually/not provocatively.
I know they aren’t real, but they’ve inspired me in their own way. Women in horror films (and programmes) kick ass. They tend to turn out to be the hero. And usually they aren’t dressed “like street walkers”.
As for real life role models, I respect people who have accomplished something big, or made a stand, not based on something as superficial as their looks. These women usually don’t dress in a revealing way either, but I don’t think I’d respect them any less even if they did.
The women you mention are all generally considered to be “beautiful” and “sexy” based on their face and body. People admire outer beauty far too much (or can’t even see past big breasts, legs on show, make-up, to see that outer beauty is all around us). However, they do actually have what are considered to be respectful careers because society believes it takes real talent to act and sing. Overall, I think that they would still be role models to many people even if they didn’t dress as you said; and we shouldn’t concern ourselves so much with how they are dressed. If they feel they have a good body and want to show it off, that’s their choice. (Plus, they have stylists advising them what to wear, and I’m sure they’ll listen to them because they think the stylists know best.)
They same reason male super heros….though you lost any validity in my opinion when you said Paris Hilton was a super hero….are you drunk?
I know its totally unfair!! I dont know about you but as a child I didnt identify with the scantaly clad female superheros. I think that sometimes women think that by being overtly sexy they are empowering themselves (ie christina agullara in that ‘dirrty’ music video a while back) because they are the ones in controll of thier own sexuality and it gives them power because sex sells. I can see how some women would think that way but actually thier overt sexiness doesnt make them empowerd because men still think of those women as objects, regarldless of how ‘empowered’ these women feel about themselves.
How come male superheroes wear their whitie tighties outside of their pants? Why to do they wear tights?
No idea.
“Because women, and especially girls are really really stupid.”
Wow…And so many agreed with that sentiment..thanks guys.
Sex sells..always has, probably always will.
Men are the primary consumers of comic books/tv shows/movies that portray super hero type characters..
for your information, the pussy cat dolls, megan fox, paris hilton are NOT role models… c mon. a 5th grader can tell u that!!
its to make up for all the gay costumes the male heroes have to wear, at least the super women don’t wear their underwear on the outside…
2 different categories of women here: So-called “role models” they shouldn’t be, who would pick a pop star for a role model? They dress bawdy because they occupy a low level of the entertainment world and it’s just plain simple t&a.
“Superheros” at least have an explanation: Female comic book superheros, while championing good (for the most part) must have one foot on the dark side. That’s where they get their superpowers from.
And the old man thinks Kay Bailey Hutchison is a role model, same for Sarah Palin. I might as well go back to sleep.
If you are speaking of the ones that come from comic books, check the names of the artists. They tend to be male.
Paris Hilton never struck me as “empowered”…just rich and spoiled.
I don’t bother telling other women how to dress. Most adult women are aware of the message their clothing…or lack there of might be conveying. More the question…why are women rated FIRST on their “hottie” factor…and then considered for any other abilities or smarts they may have? We’ve raised a new generation more interested in their bra size than their IQ…and that I find depressing.
The Pussycat Dolls and Paris Hilton are role models?
That’s news to me.
I think you need to rethink what “role model” means. When you come up with some REAL role models (and there are plenty) you will see that none of them dress like “street walkers.”
As for the superheros, it’s simple, really. They “dress” that way because that’s how the men that wrote those comics (and/or graphic novels, don’t want any nerds jumping my case, here) drew them.
Well, as far as I can make out, male superheroes generally wear quite revealing costumes as well, I mean they’re very tight, aren’t they, and don’t leave much to the imagination?
This is from the body beautiful:
Influences on Female Body Image
Women are often bombarded by fictitious media images about their lives and bodies, and find themselves subscribing to a lifestyle which only relates to a small minority. Most women are aware of these impossibilities yet they feel the pressure to continue to strive for the image of the “top model” and oh…… a size 0.
Society shapes our body image. In some societies, a robust woman is viewed as being fertile and therefore admired. In the North American culture, however there exists an obsession to be thin and fit. Thinness is associated with high social class, with success, and with the ability to attract a man. The standard of white female beauty has become more narrowly defined and restrictive, making it nearly impossible to be thin enough, fit enough, or young enough. Society sets such high and unrealistic standards that no one can really fit the mould of the ideal beauty.
The ironic reality to our society is that the majority of women on the covers of high fashion magazines are white, but still the average white North American woman yet alone women of other American cultures, can never truly attain this “ideal” image of beauty without anguish, frustration, and/or disappointment. These “media standards of beauty” are rarely obtained and should continue to receive criticism of how they are manipulating body image for many women who probably are experiencing transitions and changes to their lifestyles for various reasons.
Numerous research studies on body image have shown that girls that are from ethnic backgrounds such as Afro-American and Chinese-Americans, for example showed to have a higher self-esteem relating to their body image compared to those of young white American girls in the same age group. The reason was that few of the girls from these ethnic backgrounds rarely compared themselves to the images displayed in the magazines or television; they did not view these figures as realistic role models. The media is doing great damage to the way that our young girls view beauty as well as themselves, but this image could be reversed by positive affirmations by older women who inspire their young lives. Positive affirmation should be given to young girls in regards to their body image when ever possible.