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I can assure you Mary Jane has never been a kid-friendly 'girl next door' in the comics.

I hear you on the "shut up and suck it up" part, but in her own post she basically says everyone who disagrees with her are either misogynist, completely stupid, or trolls. I'd like to think I'm none of the above...well, maybe slightly misogynist. :P

And it wasn't meant as faint praise, I'm saying that 'sexifying' Mary Jane and vague sybolism in a limited run collectible statue targeted at a niche market is nothing compared to, say, what happened to Sue Dibney in the comics, or even such portrayals of women in comics in general which are read by a wider demographic. As I said, collectible statues are a niche market, and to said-market, that is thier Mary Jane. If it was "Spider-Man Loves Mary-Jane" Mary Jane or even movie Mary Jane doing that, I'd be with you on this..even if it was just a statue. I just think of all the things to get riled up about, this particular bit seems trivial and silly.

Desensitized to over-sexification of women in comics? You know as well as I that this is hardly limited to comics. Hell, remember "News if Wanna F@CK". If someone sees this statue and goes "My god, rabid comic collector view women as sex objects!?!", I'd have to say they're a trifle naive. I'd like to see this change. If I'm lucky it may happen in my lifetime, but I don't think it'll happen by making a stink over a limited-run collectible statue.

And yes, the Adam Hughes sketch is awesome. It's a pity no one (not even DC Direct) can seem to do his style justice in statue form. ~_~

Hmm...and the more I think about it, a "Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane" statue would be really cute.