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Yahoo! Style Outraged By Walmart’s ‘Sexist’ Batman T-Shirt
Lauren Tuck unleashed against superhero-themed T-shirts that are supposedly “displaying blatantly sexist messages” in a Wednesday post in Yahoo’s Style section. Tuck cited a blogger who ranted against one such shirt at Walmart that features the slogan, “Training to be Batman’s Wife.” The writer not only targeted “chauvinistic apparel” involving DC Comics characters, but also two shirts related to Marvel Comics’ “The Avengers” series. The Yahoo! Style assistant editor led her item, “Sexist Superhero T-Shirts Cause Controvery,” by spotlighting how “this week, Thor, one of Marvel’s principal characters, became a woman. But while one aspect of the superhero universe is becoming more diverse, another is causing controversy.” She continued with her “blatantly sexist messages” line, and noted that the shirts are apparently “sparking indignation across social media platforms.”
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Tuck first zeroed in on “Training to be Batman’s Wife” T-shirt, and pointed out that “blogger PJ Curtis discovered [the] t-shirt in the junior’s section of Walmart…’The idea that you should settle for being married to or sleeping with someone awesome instead of being the awesome person is insulting,’ she wrote on her blog PJ Says. ‘This just happens to be aimed at a young girl. I resent the idea that she should “train” to be so Batman’s wife.'”
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However, the Yahoo writer cherry-picked the parts of Curtis’s post that supported her charge of sexism. In reality, the blogger’s profanity-laced diatribe centered on her assertion that Batman would never marry, given his back story. She actually continued her “resent the idea” thought by hoping that a girl who might wear the T-shirt would “rather…train to be the Joker, Penguin, or Catwoman. At least she’d be doing her own thing.”
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The far left has been on the warpath against supposed racism and sexism in geek pop culture in recent months. [ MORE ]
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iOTW had this story a few weeks ago.
I suspect that the offensive word here is “wife”. My first thought was that an awesome super alpha would only marry a woman of equal status and courage.
She has no right to complain until the house is clean and dinner is on the table.
Funny, I always thought ROBIN was Batman’s “wife.”
Was there a T-shirt saying, “Training to be Green Lantern’s husband?”
I hope women recognize that these FemiNazis are restricting their choices in life and fight back – not to mention their total lack of humor.
IF it was the Christian Bale Batman, sure….not the others. Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, nuh-uh. The only one who really had the muscles that matched the formed armor Batsuit. (fluttery girlish sigh)
Just call me old-fashioned, and back that shit up, bitches. Don’t tell me how to like men.
Isn’t Batman a fictional character? And I thought Trekkies were a strange bunch.
I’m looking for a line of t-shirts that say
“Get me a sammich, woman!”
Sometimes we just think we’re Batman –
http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t382/parleybee/im-batman_zps71a72d7b.jpg
I bet she has a Che Tee shirt though.
I have to buy three of them ‘cuz I live in Utah.
Life is pretty good when one has to resort to this kind of thing to whine about. Like bitching about an ad in a museum’s catalog when the building itself is on fire.
You don’t like it?
So don’t fucking BUY it, already!
This ain’t rocket science.
Get a Life
You can’t be Batman’s girl. Wonder Woman already has the job. 😉
Who’s this Lauren Tuck babe?
Must suck to be her.
Idiots.
I wish she was batman’s mom.
Along with the turkey neck comes an epiphany.
Those aren’t tits, they’re bait
And why Are the young ones self lubricating? Even as a geezer, that still pisses me off. Ya know? Crisco does a real number on my bed…
I am already married to Wonderwoman, so I don’t need a T-shirt. but I like your ambition, ladies.
From the posting: “But while one aspect of the superhero universe is becoming more diverse, another is causing controversy.”
I couldn’t help but wonder: when did being ‘normal’ become the ‘controversy’?!
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! For all this His anger is not turned away,
but His hand is stretched out still. – Isaiah 5:20, 25
My wife is a superhero!