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Frank frazetta barsoom3/15/2023 ![]() ![]() I shouldn’t have to feel ashamed to admit to my own daughter that a James Bond girl is a glorious thing in a silly and fun kind of way, and it’s OK for girls to think that it’s fun, too. Someday, it will be a good thing for one (or many) men to find both of them sexy, and I think it enriches our culture to celebrate the beauty of women outside and in (but, c’mon, the outside is a lot more fun in superficial contexts). Like most fathers, I don’t want my daughters to feel demeaned by growing up in a sexualized society, but I also want them to accept and become comfortable with themselves as part of the world we live in, and that includes, for women, knowing how to present yourself for certain occasions. She looked at me, scoldingly, and said, “Even you, dad?” I shrugged. “Why?” Well, James Bond and a lot of the men who watch his movies like to look at pretty women wearing very little clothing. ![]() I told her that in James Bond movies, the women wear very little clothing. My almost-9-year-old daughter sat down next to me and commented on how what she was wearing was inappropriate for a battle. During the finale, a Bond girl accompanies an invading army - all whom are dressed in identical gray jumpsuits - wearing a bikini. What was I watching last week? Oh, right: the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice. Except not for less clothes, we demand more nowadays. We have sacrificed one aspect of art for something lesser. This has less to do with the history of such warrior women and more to do with the marketing maxim of “sex sells.” Unfortunately for us, the use of such marketing ignored why the original authors and artists sought such portrayals – to demonstrate the raw power and allure of the human form in all sexes, not just the female. And, most likely, it’s a calculated choice for a company to go the scantily clad woman in armor as it’ll attract that large audience. Thus, the armor-kini remained a popular image to use for some time, and since the game industry, for some time, was dominated by geeky adolescent males, it was guaranteed popularity, that’s for sure. It’s a little mockery of the popular image, noting the pitfalls of such attire. He looks at her bared torso and comments that the scars will heal once she ditches the chainmail bikini and goes back to regular clothes. She disrobes in front of him and asks what he thinks of this. The title aardvark character defeats Red Sophia who has made a similar oath. One’s skill as a swordsman or swordswoman was the best defense against incoming blows, definitely not a full suit of heavy armor.ĭavid Sim would later poke fun at this look in his Cerebus series with the character Red Sophia. Since she was within the Conan world, she maintained the Conan look, that is, fight wearing as little as absolutely necessary. Sonja swore an oath to never lie with a man who could not defeat her in combat and, at the time, none could match her. Red Sonja was a spin-off of Conan and she had what is the iconic chainmail bikini. Pictured: Potential guest on “What Not to Wear” ![]()
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