Remember this scene from Captain America: The First Avenger?
When Peggy is mad at Steve, but he is oblivious, and in his usual good-natured way, calls her attention to the new shield he has picked?
Now Peggy is very angry at the moment, so she fires at him.
Yes, I know, Steve is a supersoldier with really fast reflexes, yada yada, but think about it for a moment: If their roles were reversed, would everyone have still found this scene so amusing?
Don't get me wrong, I really like Peggy, and definitely enjoyed the scene, but we all know most of us wouldn't have felt the same way if it were a guy shooting at a girl, (who admittedly has super fast reflexes) just because she kissed someone else.
Another example of such double standards is when Jane Foster slaps Thor. Twice.
(You can tell I like Marvel.)
This time I can't even say I'm a fan of the girl.
But anyway, the slapping in general is really not funny. Keeping aside any valid reasons, I've noted that women can generally get away with slapping men, because they're women, and we're supposed to think it's alright, and even cute, in Jane's case.
In movies, it's pretty okay to have a scene like this. You could never have one with a mortal man slapping the Goddess of Thunder though (or any man slapping a woman), just because he “had missed her so much that he couldn't believe she was real”. Or even better, because she took so long to come back to Earth to meet him, after she was done fighting great battles across the galaxy/universe.
Why then is it acceptable for Jane to slap Thor?
People obviously speak about feminism, and equal roles for women in movies, but turn a blind eye on this. It's actually not even turning a blind eye, because that would imply you at least think it is wrong. And I'm a girl saying this!
So, that's some serious double standards we have, and in movies no less.
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