Violence against women isn’t the same character of crime as violence against men, its not a crime where you (God like), can switch one gender out for another and have it play out to the same social/gendered beats, for the same social and cultural reasonings and circumstances.
I’ve said elsewhere that it’s not the comic that bothers me, it’s the wider social issues that push or lead to violence against women and femicide.
All that said, and perhaps more in line with what you’re asking (although my response probably won’t satisfy you): I’m not interested in redeeming or fixing the comic, or making it subversive. I’ll leave that to the content creators.
Yeah, people keep thinking when I talk about violence against women, I’m talking about some comic or movie. I’m not.
My comment was that I have trouble finding humor or fun in these things, knowing about the real world problems, yet that fairly moderate statement has received wide downvoting.
And, even more murky is that that genre is often very popular with women. They have a fascination with the dangers that are sometimes a real possibility to them, especially when they can be expressed in an over-the-top way safely behind a screen.
If the man / woman roles were reversed in the four panel comic would you find humour in its subversiveness and reversal of tropic norms?
Edit: by “tropic” I mean relating to tropes, not Cancer nor Capricorn.
Violence against women isn’t the same character of crime as violence against men, its not a crime where you (God like), can switch one gender out for another and have it play out to the same social/gendered beats, for the same social and cultural reasonings and circumstances.
I’ve said elsewhere that it’s not the comic that bothers me, it’s the wider social issues that push or lead to violence against women and femicide.
All that said, and perhaps more in line with what you’re asking (although my response probably won’t satisfy you): I’m not interested in redeeming or fixing the comic, or making it subversive. I’ll leave that to the content creators.
I mean, isn’t that a part of the original IP as well?
I have no opinion on role reversal either, that’s sort of dumb.
But horror movies have been exploring/exploiting violence against women for longer that I’ve been alive.
So, it’s part of a much larger conversation that is ongoing.
Edit: this gives very American Psycho vibes
Yeah, people keep thinking when I talk about violence against women, I’m talking about some comic or movie. I’m not.
My comment was that I have trouble finding humor or fun in these things, knowing about the real world problems, yet that fairly moderate statement has received wide downvoting.
And, even more murky is that that genre is often very popular with women. They have a fascination with the dangers that are sometimes a real possibility to them, especially when they can be expressed in an over-the-top way safely behind a screen.
Almost like women are people, strange
Thanks for the response but, honestly, I only expected a “yes, no, depends…” type answer.