Putting something out there just say, not to debate, because I deleted a version of it from a post of mine elsewhere on the board. I feel strongly about sexism and I'm opposed to sexism against either gender. I've felt this way for a long time. When it comes to sexism in old works of art, like old stories or old literature or old comics, I accept the work but not the sexism within it. For example, I'm a fan of Robert E Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian. His stories have a lot of sexism and racism in them, being written long ago when society was less evolved. I don't reject his stories because of the bigotry in them. His stories have too much value for that. But I do take note of the bigotry within them and attempt to learn from it. I think it's worth pointing out sexism wherever you find it. This is relevant for old comics. There have been many great examples of empowering, quality female characters in comics as far back as the '80s, but the farther back you go you do run into stuff that is hard to swallow in the modern era. When reading old literature, old comics, looking at old art, you have to get used to such things and not throw out the baby with the bathwater. A work of art or literature can be flawed by the prejudices of its time and still have much value. Who knows how the supposedly enlightened works of the present day will look to people of the future?
Again not wanting a debate here, just expessing an opinon.
