Compare And Contrast Marvel And Monstress

Feminism has been a controversial topic over the generations. Historically, women have fought for voting rights, working rights, wages, labor hours, etc. Jobs have a certain “stereotype” as to which gender should be included. Most construction workers are usually men. Most CEOs of businesses consist of men. Whenever you hear a job, your mind would react and decide, man or woman. Many people assume women grow up to become secretaries or maids or nurses and nothing else. Just last year, we had our first female presidential candidate whom was nominated by the Democrats, Hillary Clinton. Not just jobs alone, women have been put down verbally or thought to be incapable of doing things that men can do. Both Ms. Marvel and Monstress demonstrate some form of
Marvel and Monstress have a share of the characters challenging society. Ms. Marvel’s character, Kamala, challenged the traditional and stereotypical definition of what a superhero is. Aside from her race that was the easiest to pinpoint, Kamala lived an imperfect life, dealt with normal teenage problems on a daily, overprotective parents, etc. What stood out to me the most was that her age was considered rather young because she was only a teenager when superheroes nowadays are thought of to be young adults or older. In Monstress, I believe that it illustrates a battle of ones place in society as well as whom they are internally. Although Maika struggles to determine her own identity, she is constantly battling with her own opinion of herself as not being a monster along with society’s view of her of being a monster. Maika says, “Don’t be scared. Don’t scream. Don’t think about what’s inside you. Pretend it’s not there.” This quote relates back to my topic because Maika is fighting against all of the things that make up for who she is. It’s relatable to society today because whether we see something within ourselves that is either negative or positive, in the end it still makes us for who we