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Submitted by kidokiun on December 16, 2005
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X-men: Hero’s that reinforce stereotypes
Racism no longer exists, but a new prejudice against gifted people has risen. No longer is one judged by their skin color or social class, but by the fact that one can project lasers from one’s eyes or manipulate the forces of magnetism. In 1963, Marvel Comics released its first issue of a series entitled “The Uncanny X-men”. The comic book series deals with the typical theme of good versus evil, but emphasizes mostly on the struggle of race. The X-men are a team of super heroes that were born with special abilities. These gifted people are not considered as a part of the human race, but are classified as mutants. Societal issues such as racism, sexism, and social class are no longer the main problems of the world; the dilemma is now purely humans hating mutants. Although the denotation of the X-men are gifted individuals who fight for justice, acceptance, and yearn to live at peace with mankind it reinforces stereotypes in our own society. The comic book series contains connotations of gender, sex, stereotypical ideologies and archetypes that are detrimental to a young reader.
The core audience of X-men readers is young men between the ages of six and seventeen years of age. During these crucial years of learning and discovery, the ideologies of the youths are easily influenced by the things they see and read. The opinions and views formed by these youths are highly subjective to mediums of information such as television, magazines, books, or in this case, comic books. Comic book characters from the X-men are extremely influential because they serve as role models for both genders and give them a standard of social normality.
One thing the male X-men have in common is that they are all in peak physical condition. None of the men are over weight or flabby, each one of them is toned and has massive, defined muscles. Even Professor Xavier, who is over the age of fifty and confined to a...
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