So you know I love comics
And yes I am a girl geek - all this spidey hype has me reeling from all the info thats out there for him and of course - Mary Jane Watson.
I have seen the Marvel Mary Jane figure with her washing Petes laundry and what not - didn't think anything of it really, just thought another horny teenager will buy it to jack to - yeah its kinda redick here look for yourself: http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=68181 quote from the site "the lovliest,sexiest MJ" lovely?! WHAT?! Right.... because love is washing laundry for your husband... grrrrrrrr
But I never really gave it a second thought because well, women are sex pots in most comics. Men are too. But whats fascinating is this website that I have fallen in love with: http://girl-wonder.org/ has this BMI spread sheet about the dimensions of our beloved superheros and their loved ones: http://girl-wonder.org/papers/bmi.html
Note that Mary Jane is just under the healthy mark - and Pete is just before the overweight mark!
Anywho. back to the figurine... just to sum up my heartache - shes wearing a pearl necklace (obvious intention to sexualize THAT phrase due to her:) butt being in the come hither position, oh wait shes giving those eyes too (ok ok not a huge fault as MJ is supposed to be like that almost always), but on top of all that shes showing her bra and thong furthering the sexualization and guess what? Shes also barefoot and doing laundry - I guess she couldn't be prego to boot because thats not sexy. But it does seem the creator is a lil bit over doing the whole wifey/sex pot routine. I guess these older ones weren't selling: http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/mary-jane-watson-staue-l.jpg
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/news_images/3073_8234_1.jpg
they are still very "hot" MJ's - but at least these are images pulled right frmo the comic.... I just ...ugh... why?!
I like MJ because shes a strong independant red head (theres no denying I like her And Firestar and Viki Vale because they are in fact red headed) but shes also a sympathy routine - shes a struggling actor who likes the geek chic guy (hmmm wonder why I like her so much). SO when she her image is compromised I sigh heavily and wish the pricks with their dicks could maybe not be so overtly sexist to my friend MJ. Hey, I like that shes a sexy girl - makes me happy to see Peter swoon for her :) but really? Does this figurine need to exist? Sure the guys need to get their rocks off - but does it need to be put in toy stores? thats just icky.