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I'm getting slightly irritated, I'm hearing things that are edging on sexist...
but... we're men, you can't do the things we can Hawk.
I'm getting slightly irritated, I'm hearing things that are edging on sexist...
I......but... we're men, you can't do the things we can Hawk.
I......
men are poos.
I......
men are poos.
I really hope IM and WM don't "team up" against Mandarin in the final fight, it's the final film of the trilogy it need to be IRON MAN's fight.
I really hope IM and WM don't "team up" against Mandarin in the final fight, it's the final film of the trilogy it need to be IRON MAN's fight.
what trilogy? there is no such thingI really hope IM and WM don't "team up" against Mandarin in the final fight, it's the final film of the trilogy it need to be IRON MAN's fight.
Oscorp Tower?
I'm getting slightly irritated, I'm hearing things that are edging on sexist...
Let's sum up the last few pages of this thread:
Pepper is a strong woman so she doesn't need a suit of her own for defense because, as we all know, strong women are bulletproof and can withstand mansion-destroying explosions. In fact, if Tony gives Pepper a suit that will make her weaker because then she'll be a damsel in need of saving. (The fact that she's a sitting duck in need of saving whenever they get attacked by one of Tony's many enemies anyway is beside the point.) What she should do is wait until Tony saves her himself, in his own Iron Man suit, rather than having any means of getting herself out of trouble. By waiting to be saved by a man and running for her life in designer shoes, instead of saving herself with readily available technology, Pepper will stay true to her character (as Tony's shrieking secretary) and prove that she's a toughsecretaryCEO who doesn't need a man to be strong.
Do you buy that? I don't buy that. But then we're women. We just don't know our place.
Supporting Rescue armor is sexist? Come on, man. That's ridiculous and you know it. Pepper can be as mentally and emotionally strong as she can possibly be. None of that matters when someone is shooting at you and trying to blow up your house.
I completely fail to see how a man giving the woman he loves a method to help defend herself if/when the **** hits the fan is sexist.
But anyway, I like the package image, hope the 'wine cellar' looks something like that.
If you mean from the people supporting the idea of Rescue Armor, then yeah, I agree it's borderline sexist. Making Pepper too weak to handle things herself; letting Tony treat her like his own personal property that he can put under lock and key ("don't scratch the paint, dude")....yeah, pretty sexist.
Would you argue that Tony was being sexist if he provided those standard security measures for Pepper? If so, why; if not, what is the real difference between that and giving her armor?
Let's sum up the last few pages of this thread:
Pepper is a strong woman so she doesn't need a suit of her own for defense because, as we all know, strong women are bulletproof and can withstand mansion-destroying explosions. In fact, if Tony gives Pepper a suit that will make her weaker because then she'll be a damsel in need of saving. (The fact that she's a sitting duck in need of saving whenever they get attacked by one of Tony's many enemies anyway is beside the point.) What she should do is wait until Tony saves her himself, in his own Iron Man suit, rather than having any means of getting herself out of trouble. By waiting to be saved by a man and running for her life in designer shoes, instead of saving herself with readily available technology, Pepper will stay true to her character (as Tony's shrieking secretary) and prove that she's a toughsecretaryCEO who doesn't need a man to be strong.
Do you buy that? I don't buy that. But then we're women. We just don't know our place.
She wouldn't be flying around wearing a security detail, shrieking & blasting aliens & joining the Avengers.
If you mean from the people supporting the idea of Rescue Armor, then yeah, I agree it's borderline sexist. Making Pepper too weak to handle things herself; letting Tony treat her like his own personal property that he can put under lock and key ("don't scratch the paint, dude")....yeah, pretty sexist.
The dilemma of the hero's girlfriend is ancient in fiction. In superhero fiction, Pepper is no more and no less at risk than Lois Lane, Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, Betty Ross, Jane Foster, Iris West, Karen Page and any other you care to name. Has anyone ever suggested that any of *these* women get special protection from all the supervillains their men have coming after them....?
Superheroes do dangerous things. Superheroes make dangerous enemies. Those dangerous enemies target the superheroes' loved ones. Comes with the territory. If a hero doesn't want his girlfriend to get hurt, here are his options: (a) keep her under close watch and lock & key night and day; (b) keep their relationship on the down-low so that villains don't see the connection; (c) play the field instead of tying himself down to just one girl; (d) only date superheroines who are strong enough to hold their own against his enemies; or (e) live life normally and trust her to be smart enough and resourceful enough to stay out of trouble (and pray that their writers aren't sadistic enough to spam woman-in-refrigerator syndrome --- here's lookin' at you, Daredevil).
Or, he could just realize the only true way to keep her safe is for him to break up with her, like Spidey did in the Raimi and Webb films.
Barring that, his best bet is to follow Bruce Wayne's lead and firmly commit to bachelorhood.
I fail to see how those of us arguing *against* the Rescue armor are "sexist," too, but hey, as long as people are blindly throwing that label at us and hoping it'll stick, I'm going to lob it right back at 'em.