http://futurismic.com/2009/11/26/battered-avatars-feminist-statement-or-misogynist-pandering/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://futurismic.com/2009/11/26/battered-avatars-feminist-statement-or-misogynist-pandering/comment-page-1/#comment-57099 Nancy Jane Moore Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:30:22 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9687#comment-57099 I suspect the debate would be a lot less heated if the avatars presented didn't look sexy, fragile, and helpless to begin with. I think it's actually the eyes -- they're heavily made up and have a wide-eyed innocence that evokes those awful big-eyed children paintings. But some of the other avatars pictured also have very large and "perky" breasts and a sexy tilt to their heads. "Victim" is the first thing that comes to my mind when I see someone who's been beat up and is still trying like hell to look sexy. I'm a martial artist, and I know from personal experience that women with fighting injuries are just as inclined to brag about them as men are. (Wanna see my finger that was dislocated and won't go straight anymore?) I wouldn't mind female avatars showing a few scars if they actually looked like they'd been in a real fight, instead of looking like they'd been some man's punching bag and were trying to act sexy so he wouldn't hit them again. I suspect the debate would be a lot less heated if the avatars presented didn’t look sexy, fragile, and helpless to begin with. I think it’s actually the eyes — they’re heavily made up and have a wide-eyed innocence that evokes those awful big-eyed children paintings. But some of the other avatars pictured also have very large and “perky” breasts and a sexy tilt to their heads. “Victim” is the first thing that comes to my mind when I see someone who’s been beat up and is still trying like hell to look sexy.
I’m a martial artist, and I know from personal experience that women with fighting injuries are just as inclined to brag about them as men are. (Wanna see my finger that was dislocated and won’t go straight anymore?) I wouldn’t mind female avatars showing a few scars if they actually looked like they’d been in a real fight, instead of looking like they’d been some man’s punching bag and were trying to act sexy so he wouldn’t hit them again.

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