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Originally Posted by kyp275
Go back and read through the conversation again, that was a response to Solace's post, specifically this:
"She's marketed like a sexpot. It was so noticeable in the first movie's marketing that people spoke up about it, and created things like the Hawkeye Initiative." At least, that's the only thing I can think that he was referring to as his explanation.
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Personally, I interpreted the very last line to be the "meat of his argument".
"It's so ingrained in culture that no one really stops to wonder why a character like Iron Man gets a pass, but a character like Black Widow is called a slut."
Basically, there's a higher sex standard for women to uphold than men.
"Playboy's gonna be playboy, but whore is disgusting !"
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To be fair, I'm just worn out on these kind of arguments. Seems like everyone these days are hypersensitive to be point of ridiculousness on everything.
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Personally, I am not offended by it, though I understand others' pointing out the double standard within the culture. (and then there are the hardcore feminists and SJWs on the other side of the spectrum)