Great... now movie posters are sexist?

[SteelCurtain]

Also, that's a Mockingjay, but I think that was the point...

[ignoramus]

It's the phoenix!
Of course she's blue in the face! Because he's choking her!

(nurse? NURSE!!!!!!)

[Gemini]

[account_inactive]

On the other hand, I find 18 rated films to be stupid. It should be 16. The idea you can get married and have kids but can't watch certain films is just ridiculous.

Yeah, plus hardly anyone follows the rules anyway.

[Edwardo Piet]

I suppose one can see whatever one wants to see if one looks hard enough, or has an agenda.

Exactly. The unbiased interpretation is a person choking a person.

[thesummerqueen]

1) This country in particular isn't unbiased. It's flagrantly racist, misogynist, and homophobic on a regular basis.

2) While I don't agree with trigger warnings slapped all over stuff, it's pretty goddamn lazy and asinine of them to have put up THAT ONE SCENE which, if you didn't know anything about the movie or X-men in general (and let's face it - many, many people have come to comic book movies not knowing a damn thing about them), it would look like someone was advertising a movie with some pretty terrible themes in it. Themes maybe some people would decide they didn't want to see. And that's their choice. But they don't have a choice if they're driving by and see some dude choking a female (let's cut the mutant on mutant crap, mmkay?) entirely out of context, and hey, maybe their current or last relationship consisted of getting choked because they were late with dinner or forgot to smile appropriately or someone just came home angry and looking to kick the dog and take it out on the person they perceived as weaker than them. Yes, some people can find sexism or racism or some other thing to be irritated at in just about anything if they try, but instead of having to try this one is just slapped out there. They literally could have copied Civil War and had the opposing sides coming at each other. They didn't. They chose an action which, no matter what the gender, is troubling, and because of the history of power dynamics between men and women, is even more troubling in a lot of cases.

Terrible choice of advertising for the movie, but par for the course in a series which has continually made really shitty choices.

I find it somewhat hysterical when people spend 10 pages arguing about why something isn't sexist rather than just saying "huhn. Well, okay. Maybe it was a bad choice of image." Because, you know, no one was campaigning to change the movie. Just complaining that a stupidly violent and crass image was plastered up on a sign.

But you know, females are the ones that need to get over stuff.

[Edwardo Piet]

I hope it's already obvious that it's a highly inappropriate poster that many people think is sexist.

[The Grand Nudger]

You've taken all the fun out of my exploration of every sexist and misogynist stereotype that image and it;s mystifying ability to make it to a billboard can't -help- but conjure up, I hope you're proud of yourself.

[Edwardo Piet]

Anyone who suggests either "females" or "males" are "the one who needs to get over stuff" is being sexist.

[thesummerqueen]

You've taken all the fun out of my exploration of every sexist and misogynist stereotype that image and it;s mystifying ability to make it to a billboard can't -help- but conjure up, I hope you're proud of yourself.

I'm a brat through and through and I haven't been spanked for it in a while. I can't help it.