gender role in comic

Gender issues in comic art

Baran Ulag, Moritz Deul

Structure

1. Who is this?

2. History of comicbooks

3. Difference in power

4. Female heroes in teams?

5. "Men will be men ; women will be girls

6. Changes in gender role?

7. Conclusion

Who is this person?

History of comicbooks

• Superman first real superhero

• Inexpensive form of entertainment during WWII

Difference in power

• More typical female abilites ("hair control")
• Are often given non-physical powers
• High agility powers (flexibility)

• Men have high physical powers
• Higher leadership skills
• "Insanely rich"

Female heroes in teams?

1. Over 2500 teams in DC and Marvel
2. Low number of female heroes results in low number of female team mates
3. 30 % of teams have no women
4. Only 4.8 % have both genders in a team

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"Men will be men, women will be girls

"girl” as diminutive version of woman.

5.7% of female characters with gendered names have 'woman' in their name.

8% of both male and female have gendered names

Changes in gender role ?

General increase of female characters in Comic books

Conclusion

Sources

https://pudding.cool/2017/07/comics/

https://blog.retroplanet.com/superhero-comic-book-history/#:~:text=Comic%20books%20were%20a%20popular,the%20Justice%20Society%20of%20America.&text=Superman%20and%20Batman%20were%20a,that%20continued%20to%20be%20published.

https://www.cbr.com/iconic-female-team-ups-comics/

https://www.humanities.org/blog/how-american-history-created-the-american-superhero/

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