Romance Comics, and FEMINISM

[lang_ea.insanejournal.com]

Just want to share and point to a link from a very nice blog; 'Lady That's My Skull'

And I really want to share, most especially as I stumbled on a posting of a certain romance comic of the 70s (my fave); but also a rare one that...erm, talks about 'feminism' and how it's been related with this media material.
Still, I really should not relate how I was rendered completely speechless by how WHACKED the characters and story idea is. Not really about how feminism is dismissed as 'a whatchamacallit that OTHER women are obsessed about'; but more on...well, seriously, you just HAVE to read it to get what I mean.

A Marvel Romance Comic 'My Love' , published in 1973. Read and gawp, people; read and gawp.

http://thatsmyskull.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-love-10-no-man-is-my-master.html

Also, rather meaningless question; but does this guy look familiar? Seriously, I keep seeing that same face and hair cut creeping up constantly? What was going on, some movie star of bygone days influencing that look? :S

Comments

[strannik01.insanejournal.com]

Either this comic is responsible for doing the 'slutty babysitter/married man' trope overdone, or it already was before this? I don't even know.

This trope has been around since at least Victorian era.

[tsunamiwombat.insanejournal.com]

Mostly because of the tremendous amount of repression in the culture of that era (sex even between a married couple was frowned upon except strictly for procreation), wealthy men usually found 'relief' with their servants on the slide.

See also, Thomas Jefferson and his you-know-whats.

[red_cyclone.insanejournal.com]

Hence in The Crimson Petal and The White the man moving a prostitute in to be his daughter's governess.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

More recently seen in "Doctor Who: The Next Doctor" Christmas special, where the faux-Doctor's companion is a Rosita, who was working as a prostitute. At the end of the episode, the Doctor recommends she stay with the family as a governess/companion, as she had shown initiative and courage when facing the Cybermen.