Have you noticed most superheroes are male?Can you explain me why?

Question

I think because the worlds getting mascilist(of course not all)

Answer 1

It's really not rocket science. Most comic book readers are men. It has nothing to do with the world getting mascilist or anything. The creators are appealing to their audience. Go into any comic book store anywhere in the world and I bet the percentage of girls in the store is about same as the percentage of female superheroes on the shelf. In fact I bet the percent of girls in the store will probably be less than the percentage of female superheroes. Then when you take the fact that at least a third of those girls are in the store w/ there boyfriends that means there are even fewer girls who actually read comic books.

If even 25% the readers of comic books were girl they would have at least 25-40% female superheroes.

Answer 2

Wow! I can't believe that nobody has hit on this, superheroes are male for the same reason heroes are male.
Hero is a masculine word.
If there is such a thing as a female superhero, then they have some issues.

Females are known as Heroines or in this case superheroines.

As to why there are a majority of superheroes to superheroines, simply look at how long comics have been around.

Back when they first started, women were second class citizens always in need of a strong man to rescue them. The comics of the day reflected that.

You should try to get your hands on a copy of the history channel's special on comics. The way they explain it, female superheroines were not a consideration until women's lib, but that also squelched the few females that already existed. Wonder woman was dropped for awhile because of it, but they were mostly upset due to the loss of her superpowers.

Check your spelling and grammar on something like this first, it could make all the difference.

Answer 3

It is because during the superhero boom of the 30's - 50's most comic readers were males. The belief was girls liked Barbies. Boys liked fighting. Now I am mostly refering to in america. Japan has had a more diverse readership for years. Interestingly when WonderWoman first came out it was created by a Man. Wonder Woman started having a more sexual bent when a woman took over. Mainstream comics are/were written for the mainstream. Case in point. There were not many black charcters even just 15 years ago. As culture changes for the better and for the worse so does what is considered mainstream. They now are putting Homosexuals in comics. Something I personally find DISGUSTING for many reasons. However it seems to sell more so they do it more. As Women in Comics becomes bigger business more Women will be in comics.

By the way most of the comic lovers I know are female.

Answer 4

I think because most comic book readers are male and the comic book industry writes stories that their readers can identify with. Younger readers may even pretend to be them. Our society isn't quite comfortable with the idea of their son playing Wonder Woman or Ms Marvel, so there probably are are larger number of male heroes. That is not to say that there are heroines, very many and some very powerful, available, and they are all at least a D cup for some reason. Sersi, The invisible Woman, She Hulk, Namorita, Black Widow, Black Cat, the Wasp, Spider Woman, Jacosta, Medusa, Crystal, Scarlet Witch, Moondragon, Mantis, Gamora, are but a few in the Marvel Universe alone

Answer 5

I think it follows along with Greek mythology, and because males are generally perceived as being fighters, stronger, etc... There are some women superheroes, such as Wonder Woman, Catwoman. More recently Lara Croft from Tomb Raider has become popular and the tv show Heroes featured several women. It just takes a long time for society to change their perceptions of gender roles though.

Answer 6

Umm in case you haven't noticed most heroes in general have been male in every story of every culture for the last 8,000+ years.

There are many archetypal heroes, but they all have decidedly masculine traits. The very nature of a hero embraces all our innate genetic concepts of masculinity and alpha males, females don't often belong in this role. It's the psychology of the our need to hear stories of heroes that mandates they be men, our brains (both men and women) need tales of the heroic masculine, it has nothing to do with society.

However, you may be happy to know that women are just now beginning to appear more in heroic roles. There are women superheroes and they are becoming more common, there are women taking the role of hero in movies more often too. Women used to be secondary characters or damsels in distress (it was like this for thousands of years) and now they're blowing up aliens and beating down men.

The reality is the opposite: the world's been getting progressively more feminist.

Answer 7

It's probably because most comic book writers (where the majority of superheroes come from) are male. Easier to write what you can identify with.

Answer 8

not all superheroes are male
just the majority of the creators are male, thus they percieve themselves as the superhero, what he would want to be for powers. That is why not so many female superheroes are out there.
Hey
there should be a superhero that can change from a super man to a super woman! Ultra Tranny!

Answer 9

Because superheroes often use force to stop their enemies. Women irl typically use subtler, but equally effective means to thwart evil. Since men write the comic books, and we have no idea (most of the time) how you manage to pull this off, the writers stick with what they know.
Someday there may be a male comic-book artist who truly understands women, but don't hold your breath--I think you'll have to wait for a woman to write one, and hope she doesn't ruin it by trying too hard to make it pro-woman and losing sight of the story.

Answer 10

first of all, men would realize that mascilist is not a word. second of all- there are plenty of women superheroes- there is Clean Up Girl who has the ability to clean up a room without complaining. there is Shorthand, who is an awesome Justice League secretary. There is Wonder Woman, who looks hot and has some kind of powers, but I can't remember what they are because I love her rack.. You get the idea.