Is This Movie Ad Promoting Violence Against Women? (Page 2)

[nikki_24]

As a woman who has seen and had a fair share of violence I say no because this is a villain in a movie. Last time I checked villains are not nice guys or girls they taunt the hero or heroes. Its just a movie people calm down. These are actors getting paid to act! Not everything is rainbows and unicorns.

[BaileyisDarcy]

*ahem*

That is not condoneing violence against women. (Plural)
It is condoneing violence against woman. (Singular)

And with that woman being both fictional and a bit of a bitch (depending on the cartoon/comic/movie you follow) then this advertisement is perfectly okay.

And if you dont know who Raven/Mystique is then you REALLY need to quit living under a rock.

[myTake Owner]

I know some all over the web have made the argument that the image is like bam, out of context, but there is a giant X-men logo right above it, with a movie date and seeing as how this is film number 10 or something in the franchise, the context to me is pretty clear. Now cut all that away and maybe, just maybe there would be a case, but no, it's just a movie poster.

[ThatPsycoChick]

Lol hell no this isn't promoting violence against woman. Rose McGowan is in the wrong industry if she thinks that's what is sexist about the movie industry. She should be thanking God that Twitter wasn't around when she was playing the slutty friend in scream who ends up hanging from a garage door with her ass hanging out, then she would of had to take to Twitter to complain about herself. I would like to see what Jennifer Lawrence has to say about this. Being the woman who depicted the "brutality against women" I bet she would be able to make some rational sense of it.

[ManOnFire]

I agree. And who gives a shit about Rose McGowan anymore? Sounds like she just wanted to cry about this to get some stardom again or something. Insecure feministic women will always cry about this kind of stuff, so I tune it out most times.

[Poppykate]

It's a movie! But I can see how it might upset some women who have experienced domestic violence. So maybe another clip from the movie would have been more appropriate. E. g. Like one man stabbing another man! Lol

[BertMacklinFBI]

she's not even human, she's a mutant.

people take this shit way out of context.

its a supervillain choking a mutant. not some offensive image of a man strangling a woman. this is fucking comics, you either dig it or gtfo, for reals.

[noneoftheabove]

haha the worlds gone mad

[meatballs21]

I saw this on the news and it's idiotic.

Mystique is one of the lead protagonists in this movie, all the other protagonists say how much they respect and admire her. So there, she is a strong and aspirational female figure.

Now, within context: here she takes on the bad guy and isn't doing too well because he is so powerful. You want equality? Here you go. Female characters can get their butts kicked, too.

[Prof_Don]

I don't find the add insensitive personally, I see two heroes fighting, not an act of violence against women!

Should we just get rid of all female superheroes? I highly doubt feminists would like THAT!

[myTake Owner]

It just frustrates me especially as a fan because it is literally almost as if this actress is saying that essentially women should just sit down and shut up in movies because they can't fight, they can't defend themselves, nor should they fight for what they feel is right in and albeit, comic, but unjust world. How is that a good message? We see in our actual modern world that there are indeed female soldiers, female firefighters, female police officers, all who risk their same amount of real lives to help defend and save people... should we go backwards and tell them, oh b/c some bad guy might choke you or fire a gun at you, they shouldn't do their job b/c that's violence against women? It boggles the mind. Let's fight against the real bad people on this earth and not worry about some silly little movie somehow magically corrupting our minds.

[Prof_Don]

Exactly, I absolutely hate this era we are in! People are going out of their way to find offense in things! :-/

[myTake Owner]

Right. I think it's the internet. You gather a bunch of bored, and often lonely and unemployed people together with nothing to do but complain, coupled with anonymity and endless time, and you've got people with opinions about everything and jumping on bandwagons to hate things for no reason. Can we just enjoy a fictional movie for what it is, fiction!

[Blonde401]

I don't think that is what she's saying. I think everyone is getting very upset over a point which is valid. She's not saying there shouldn't be violence in movies, she's saying you shouldn't advertise a woman being choked completely out of context. It's different if you choose to watch the movie of your own volition but when you're just walking down the street minding your own business and you see a man choking a woman on a giant sign and two weeks ago your husband or father was choking you like that? It can be distressing for that person. I'm not saying I agree that it is promitting violence but these ads are in highly visible places for all to see and not everyone is goIng to want to see that. You have to see it from both sides really. Advertise the movie, yes but does a woman need to be choked on it? Or a man?

[Blonde401]

*promoting

[VegasNewFallout]

No it isn't.

What it is, however, is promoting a superhero movie where Mystique is facing conflict with the main antagonist of the film, which is expected when you attack somebody.

Anybody who cries about this should honestly take a pill

a cyanide pill.

[myTake Owner]

Shh, you can't say that. You'll be flagged for promoting violence and the world will sue you because of what you've written here if anybody who reads it actually takes that pill.

[VegasNewFallout]

If me going to jail means stupid people die, then I'll take that punishment.

[The_Kitchen_Sink]

I can't believe that so many guys are getting beat up in action movies, like literally, blood and broken bones and everything, and then a demigod comes in, grabs a chick by her neck and suddenly, everyone lost their minds...

[BubbleBoy69]

"Be a gentlemen. Don't hit women~Fedora Neck beard"

[LoloWaye]

I don't see how this promotes violence towards women at all. Considering the nature of the movie, I think this poster was fine. They're super beings and regardless of their gender they're going to kick each other's asses. There was no intent to promote violence towards women. These days people are offended by EVERYTHING.

[neilsmart]

so what about the Simpsons, Homer strangles Bart with his bare hands in almost every episode - does that mean it is promoting violence against children? come on seriously, its just entertainment

[SleepingSnorlax]

People will really complain about anything
I see a villian who i suppose to be so powerful that he took the face of the last movie and has that character beat
if she's complaining about that why isn't she complaining about danny killing all the khals

It really annoys me how dramatic people have to be these days
Its a movie, get over it

[RedRobin]

Did you know woman are just as violent towards their partners as men? It's because woman aleays assume they can get away with it and police usually assume that the man started it when they arrive. I just learnt that yesterday.

[Applefan1]

Lol, I just learnt that yesterday as well. You watched that programme last night didn't you?

[RedRobin]

* always

[RedRobin]

@Applefan1 yes, I did haha.

[Applefan1]

So did I. It is cool that the USA was so interested in our study and they talked about it so strongly over in the USA.

[Applefan1]

Also I knew women are pretty much as violent as men before that programme but I did learn other new things about it as well.

[Anonymous]

aaaannnyyyyy ways... it doesn't really matter because media is directed towards males anyways
if you haven't noticed, there are more and more movies or series were women are getting hit pretty hard and its nothing

and lets not talk about the over sexualization and objectification of women everywhere

so yea... doesn't matter.

[Anonymous]

A: he's the villain, we're supposed to be angry.
B: she's a superhero who is going to fight the bad guys.

So... do we want women to be fighting the bad people, or stay safe while the menz do do the fighting? Remind me which one is more progressive, it's hard to remember. I feel like last week, I was supposed to want the women to do the fighting themselves, and have agency.

Maybe Rose just doesn't like violent movies at all. Except for ones where she has a rifle replacing her leg.

[oddwaffle]

The 1st thing that came to my mind was that "this guy has a really big face and really really short hand"

My 2nd thought after a couple minutes of thinking "must be a really big and hairless dwarf. No wonder he looks pissed"

[Outofthegrey]

Jesus fucking Christ, there are millions of starving children in the world and we botch and moan about a movie poster? Good one humanity, good one.

[msfuntastic]

God I'm so tired of these offended crybabies. Quit policing and blaming media for every ill of society. Movie posters do not cause violence. Also quit treating women as if we are a special class that needs special protection.

[Anonymous]

They did the same thing to that Batgirl cover a year or two ago. It looked cool as hell too. And she's the super hero, so she's going to win out in the end.
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Anyway, most of the victims in movies/tv and video games are guys. I don't know what they are talking about.