Runaway and the Punisher: with tips on ways to prevent sexual abuse.

[mikoru]

Hey Scans Daily! I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. This has been something I have wanted to post for a long time, and since this week you don't need an invite code to join Dreamwidth, I figured I would just go ahead and make an account.

Anyways... when the solicitation came out for Runaways vol. 2, #26 when Joss Whedon was writing the book, a lot of people commented on the suggestive way the Punisher was standing behind Molly. This immediately made me think of the add from the 80's for a Spider-man/Power Pack PSA comic about sexual abuse.




So... I just had to make this:



I also wend looking though old posts and found this: http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1122058.html

Do you think they were trying to draw similarities between the Runaways and Power Pack? I mean from that old post and Joss Whedon's first story arc alone, we have the Punisher and Kingpin. Not to mention both groups connection to Cloak and Dagger.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this.

Comments

[apintrix]

PSAs like these would be so much more effective if people were less coy about just *telling* kids the basic facts of what sex is and what the sexual areas of their body are.

I just... argh. This is more confusing than helpful!!

[whitesycamore]

"ways that don't feel good or seem right"

Yeah, that's not at all vague. Particularly not to an audience of children, who are famously savvy when it comes to sexual matters.

It also ignores that sometimes sexual abuse does feel good on a physical level, which is where a lot of the feelings of guilt or responsibility come from in the first place. Although now I'm struggling to imagine how they could effectively rephrase that line in a way that isn't equally vague...

[bluejaybirdie]

Although now I'm struggling to imagine how they could effectively rephrase that line in a way that isn't equally vague...

My mom always used to say to tell if someone touched my privates, which was clear and not confusing.

[apintrix]

That was my first thought, yeah.