And I don't think it is fair to make Marvel primarily responsible for other people's kids and their mental health.
Asking Marvel to be responsible for its own ratings is NOT the same as asking Marvel to be responsible "for other people's kids and their mental health." Or else why have ratings?
Besides, the rating thing may be the biggest and most glaring problem with the cover, but it certainly isn't the ONLY problem. The cover is still a punch in the gut to most of the people who were reading Heroes for Hire, to fans of Misty Knight or Felicia or Colleen, or to anybody who doesn't want his or her superhero adventure stories ruined by a trigger-inducing image of, in our friend Scott's words, "a depiction of violent behavior in pictures intended to cause sexual excitement." But the general sexism of the cover is beyond the scope of this post, since this whole thing started as a clarifying response to Scott's continuing struggles with reading comprehension.
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Asking Marvel to be responsible for its own ratings is NOT the same as asking Marvel to be responsible "for other people's kids and their mental health." Or else why have ratings?
Besides, the rating thing may be the biggest and most glaring problem with the cover, but it certainly isn't the ONLY problem. The cover is still a punch in the gut to most of the people who were reading Heroes for Hire, to fans of Misty Knight or Felicia or Colleen, or to anybody who doesn't want his or her superhero adventure stories ruined by a trigger-inducing image of, in our friend Scott's words, "a depiction of violent behavior in pictures intended to cause sexual excitement." But the general sexism of the cover is beyond the scope of this post, since this whole thing started as a clarifying response to Scott's continuing struggles with reading comprehension.