Breaking Gender Roles

[SigonWulf]

Allrighty then, if it's all the same to you.

I really can't tell if you're trying to make peace here or start something.

And let this be a lesson for anyone wanting to learn to draw or paint, stay off of Art Discussion.

[MidgardSerpent]

I really can't tell if you're trying to make peace here or start something.

Guess it was lost in translation. I thought if I didn't add a smiley it would be taken the wrong way, but apparently it can just as well be interpreted the opposite way.

No hard feelings at all.

[Velocity Kendall]

some real Girls of Steel
and Louis CK, just because..

[MidgardSerpent]

I was just thinking, She-Hulk seems to have been been drawn more as a body-builder than your typical heroine by some artists, I think John Byrne's take set the precedent. Other two pics are by Juan Bobillo, who managed to draw quite a bulky, playful, yet sexy She-Hulk imo.

[Arshes Nei]

While I love some of those painted She Hulk covers like



I do think this is more appropriate to a She Hulk in terms of build.

[Velocity Kendall]

When placed under stressful situations, men rate larger women as more attractive, new research has shown

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19180983

[Kamber Parrk]

When placed under stressful situations, men rate larger women as more attractive, new research has shown

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19180983

Well. . .

If "stress"= "going home alone after 'last call'. . . ."

[Velocity Kendall]

Yeah poor old bladder and liver are proper stressed!

[NicoleWG]

It's possible. It would come down to training really. The thing is she might look different if she trains to kick ass. It would depend a lot on what she was going for. It's one of those things that we could never really know but could argue about it all day long.

Possibly but not necessarily. It is possible to look like a typical fat person and be able to beat people up. My brother weight lifts but also kick boxes and does mma as serious hobbies. He could beat up the average person but he looks like your run-of-the-mill overweight person, especially in work clothes. Granted everyone's body type is different, but it is humanly possible to be, or appear, fat and still possess the training, endurance, and reflexes to whoop tail.

[Black Spot]

If you look at most current female athletes (as shown above), you don't see large boobs. The amount of scaffolding required by a female superhero who is well stacked is phenomenal.

[MidgardSerpent]

Possibly but not necessarily. It is possible to look like a typical fat person and be able to beat people up. My brother weight lifts but also kick boxes and does mma as serious hobbies. He could beat up the average person but he looks like your run-of-the-mill overweight person, especially in work clothes. Granted everyone's body type is different, but it is humanly possible to be, or appear, fat and still possess the training, endurance, and reflexes to whoop tail.

Quite true. Mark Hunt and Fedor are prime examples. There's definitely a bit of an overstatement on big, ripped muscles when people think about how a good fighter would look.

Strong man Mariusz Pudzianowski who is absolutely packed with muscles is doing mma now and he really turned out to be not that great a competitor, i.e. completely gassing out in the second round of a fight, even though he would outmuscle pretty much most of the mma world when it comes to Strong Man competitions.

[JFierce]

Never actually done this. Went to google images typed in Marvel Heroines and looked for a normal body type. Non huge rack, non ripped to hell while ultra skinny. Couldn't find one...... ..... yep.... it's pretty bad.