Oh, how I hate thee, let me count the ways

[superbadgirl]

Comic Con poster reveal: Red Sonja.

Shall I list all the ways this is so, so, SO wrong, or would any of you like to take a stab at it? No pun intended.

It's amazing how overtly sexualized the industry can make an image of a woman, even in such a close shot, eh?

Comments

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

Eeew.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

That's just plain nasty.

[superbadgirl]

You said it.

[superbadgirl]

Certainly doesn't make me want to see that movie. It's fairly clear I'm not in the target demographic.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

And if I were Rose McGowan I'd be looking to get myself an agent who ensures I have veto rights over dubiously-cleavaged mock-porn posters.

[superbadgirl]

Hell, yes.

[nialla]

I think "ew" doesn't even begin to describe my reaction. But then I don't have a penis, so I'm not in their target audience anyway.

[superbadgirl]

See, I'm of the old fashioned opinion that a woman's image needn't be pornified in order to attract any demographic. I mean, really.

Ew is right.

[nialla]

Even though I often joke about "porny" stuff, it's generally not visual images. It's also not movie posters that will be seen by all ages.

My mother is dealing with a work situation now in which some of her co-workers are going ga-ga over a girl that is, in some of their cases, young enough to be their granddaughter. They've been blinded by the implants and are letting the little head do all their thinking when she's around.

So I guess, unfortunately, Hollyweird does know the target audience. Or are they creating it with imagery like this?

[superbadgirl]

I'm not rabidly anti-porn or anything, for the record, though the hardcore stuff (made for men, mostly) really makes me twitch. Talk about making women objects only.

My mother is dealing with a work situation now in which some of her co-workers are going ga-ga over a girl that is, in some of their cases, young enough to be their granddaughter. They've been blinded by the implants and are letting the little head do all their thinking when she's around.

That's just gross.

So I guess, unfortunately, Hollyweird does know the target audience. Or are they creating it with imagery like this?

I don't think they're creating it from scratch, but I can't see how the exploitation and mainstreaming of it is helping matters. Meaning, the more people are inudated with these messages, the more everyone thinks it's perfectly okay to treat women like nothing but objects (sex or plain ol'). And then there's the whole grey area of women being "empowered" by their sex appeal. Lord, how I hate the word empowered. So many don't seem to know what it means. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

I'm not saying there aren't images of hot men out there, but...how many of them, really, are overtly sexualized like this?

I guess that makes me a prude? Who knows anymore.

[nialla]

I'm not saying there aren't images of hot men out there, but...how many of them, really, are overtly sexualized like this?

The irony? Most of the more overt sexualized imagery of men... is often still made for men. Straight women are not necessarily the target audience.

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

I think it's a cycle. HW makes it, the audience thinks "I must like this... I guess I do!" and HW thinks, "They liked that - so once more again with feeling." Like a series of escalating dares.

That image is nasty. In addition to the obvious, her tongue is weird and sparkly. It reminds me of some sparkly modeling clay I made earrings out of.

Ugh.

[superbadgirl]

Straight women are not necessarily the target audience.

Are we for anything? Even in regular advertising, what we get is highly gendered: hair products, feminine products, household cleaners and makeup?

[superbadgirl]

I think it's a cycle. HW makes it, the audience thinks "I must like this... I guess I do!" and HW thinks, "They liked that - so once more again with feeling." Like a series of escalating dares.

I want off the carousel. I am nauseated. ;)

In addition to the obvious, her tongue is weird and sparkly. It reminds me of some sparkly modeling clay I made earrings out of.

I had to go back and look. *shudder* It is sparkly. Is that supposed to demonstrate the wet blood, or is this photoshopped mishmash of a woman truly a freak?

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

I dunno, but now all I can think to call her is "Fimo Tongue." I doubt that's what they were going for.