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		Fomite on Jan 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What taking my daughter to a comic book store taug... Exactly. Men in comics are male power fantasies. Women in comics are also male fantasies. The message that these kinds of covers send to his daughter, or women in general is "This is not for you".

surge on Jan 16, 2015 [–]

Welp. That's cause it's not. She would not be their target audience anymore then Grand Theft Auto is.

They have other comics for her: http://www.kidscomics.com/Home/1/1/60/1046

Breaking Bad is also pop culture, the problem comes in when Lego makes Lego Breaking Bad figures, then your daughter wants to watch the show.

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