Images such as these pervade comic book character art. Women are normally in sexy, revealing outfits; and, their bodies are often doing some pretty impossible things. A blog called Boobs Don’t Work That Way brings awareness to how ridiculously women are portrayed in comic books. The picture of Wonder Woman displayed here is not unique. Attempting to make her sexier, she is drawn into this impossible pose where her breasts and behind are shown at the same time. Also, her breasts are extremely large, and there is no way that her costume could logically support them. The commentary on the blog regarding this picture is as follows:
“It always freaks me out when boobs are drawn as almost a separate entity. This one looks like it’s about to pop off and and start a solo career.”
Other interesting points the blogger makes include the way fabric unrealistically stretches over breasts in some costumes, suctioning itself to each breast individually, the fact that nipples rarely have areolas in comics, and that breasts are not always perky and perfectly spherical.
I find it interesting that beauty for women in comic books is literally impossible for us as humans. The beauty standard is completely unrealistic. Do comic book artists feel that women will not be sexy without their impossible breasts? Or do they enjoy creating a fantasy woman? I’m not personally sure which reason correctly demonstrate how artists feel, or if there are other reasons. The blog is not being updated, but the pictures and commentary are excellent. Check it out!
Unruly Bodies 
Not only in comic books are they portraying women as fictionally unproportional but they also do this with Barbie dolls. In my last gender women studies class we discussed that scientists have done research and women cannot physically look anything like a barbie doll. The doll has a body that is physically impossible and unrealistic. Researchers say that, “In human form, Barbie would have a 20inch waist, 28inch bust line, 15inches at the thigh, shoe size 7, a head 24inches round, a neck 6.5 inches long, and a weight of 100lbs; Barbie would not be able to stand or function as a human.” However, we still continue to advertise these unrealistic bodies and it puts a strain on how females view their own bodies today.
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