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Gender in Comic Books<br />
The trend towards hyper-sexualized female characters in mainstream comics is part of the<br />
reason that independent comics have become so popular among women; independent artists,<br />
regardless of gender, tend to draw both male and female characters in a similar style.<br />
Authors demonstrate gender stereotypes in DC and Marvel comics by sexualising the female<br />
characters using set themes, over exaggerating the female body, this is also done to male<br />
characters in comic books as most male superheroes also have very exaggerated muscle<br />
proportions and wear very tight costumes.
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