I haven't read too much until like a few years ago. What ticked me off was the "updating" of a "classic 1950's" scene. I just found Mary Jane invoking June Cleaver with her pearls and the side glance look that can invoke either a knowing washing-should-be-left-to-the-women-because-men-are-hopeless.

For arguments sake, I am a feminist. In my head, I like to think the world is evolved enough to have an equal division of labor. But to me the scene is twisted. Mary Jane's glance/smirk is interpreted by me as he-did-his-own-laundry-maybe-I-should-reward-him-in-bed. This would be fine with some people; to me, Mary Jane cannot escape two separate identities - Mrs. Cleaver with pearls and the sexual object- trying to be both and failing. Failing because the artist crafted sex into laundry. Sure for the kinky among us that is fine, but where does the line of objectification of women stop? Can't she just wear sweats and a t-shirt like every one else - of course not because evidently skimply clad women sell comic books and figurines. Therein, coming back around to the Comic producers constantly using sex to sell rather than better quality.

In other words, Mary Jane's overt sexuality while doing laundry was another case of Marvel's inability to accurately portray a women with half her clothes on in a positive light post feminism. Evidently Marvel thinks that women should be at home, dressed in sexy outfits waiting for our men to come home while doing chores. It has been 50 years, Civil rights and feminism has happened, and yet Marvel rebuts the feelings of educated and well thought people as well you taking it too far. TO FAR? Olympia by Manet twisted sexuality to make a point. Banning the voyeurism, the women looking at the audience, as if saying she knows she is supposed to be a sexual object and she is calling the viewer on it. Olympia acknowledges the power of women in a time in which such a notion is foreign. This statue depicts a reversion of women's power with gaze that encourages voyeurism.

In sum, Marvel wrote off on yet another depiction of women in which does not accurately represent the norm. Instead they would rather be like the paparazzi - pushing some photo to voyeuristic public and at the same time saying we degrade these people's private life because someone pays us for it.