Monday, July 7, 2014

Don't Stand So Close to Me

So I haven't blogged in a while, but I read something this morning that got me to thinking. I like reading comic books. Warren Ellis seems to be my favorite so far, with Transmetropolitan, and Planetary. I like comics that have real life issues in them, like rape and murder and politics and moral dilemmas. It makes for a more interesting read. One comic, Rick Remender's current run of Captain America, vol. 7, has a scene where Sam Wilson, a.k.a, the Falcon, sleeps with a younger woman. Now, some people were confused bout her age, because when she is first introduced she is 13, but in this issues she is shown to be 23. She even states her age before, but some people were still screaming statutory rape. Even after they figured out she was legal, they still consider it wrong.  You can read the story here:

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/07/falcon-jet-scene-in-captain-america-22-sparks-calls-for-remenders-firing/

Gloria Miller of the Examinar states that even if she is 23, the character is still immature, and should not be taken advantage of. Here is my question: Why is the woman always the victim. Clearly I'm not talking about the statutory rape, obviously that's bad. It's Millers comment that even if the character is 23, clearly the older man is taking advantage of her. So at what age is a woman responsible for her own action? That seems to be the mentality in todays society. It's always the guys fault. When a woman is raped (and yes, it's bad) people think "That's a man for you" like we were bread to just be aggressive assholes that constantly assault women (psst, we're not). If a woman rapes a man though, everyone says "That's impossible! That could never happen". When two people get divorced, everyone assumes the man did something wrong. He must have been the one to cheat. He's the one expected to move out of his house, and start over. Even child custody laws (especially in Texas) skew everything in favor of the woman. Why can't men ever be the victim's? How can we constantly scream about sexual inequality when we don't know what the word "equal" really means.

I don't think that Ms. Miller was really as upset as she let on. I assume it's Miss. I think she's doing that thing that seems to be popular now. Want followers? Create a controversy. Want to up the traffic to your twitter. Find outrage with something. Find something to poke at, figure out how it's detrimental to today's society, and then start screaming. Scream loud enough, and other people will start screaming with you, even if they don't know what it's about. People want to find a reason to fight, even if they don't know what they fighting for.

Now listen to REO Speedwagon's "Cant Fight This Feeling Anymore"

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