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Ever since ancient times, humanity has sought to use stories to explain the world in which it lives. Just as ancient man used stories of gods and monsters to explain the world, modern man uses stories of godlike heroes and monstrous villains to do the same.

This article is going to be extremely helpful in answering one of my subquestions: Do superheroes have good morals? The way this article breaks down moral values by different categories and even different superheroes will be a great resource for more information that goes beyond the statistics we gathered.

Very cool article. I love how it goes in to and explains the moral values of different superheroes. It shows that not all super heroes have the same set of moral values.

There has been a lot of talk about the inclusion of female roles in superhero movies. But instead of them being supporting roles, we are looking for them to star in their own films. We are looking for spin off movies for black widow, who played supporting roles in Iron Man and The Avengers. But they are also talking about bringing back Wonder Woman.

This article really shows how important the first female-led debute is right now and how if Marvel doesn't take advantage of it then someone else will. It's a big step but one that needs to be made and this article makes that clear. I really enjoyed reading it!

I thought this article was very interesting. It touched base on how there is a demand for a female lead in a superhero movie instead of just a supporting role. One of the quotes mentioned in the article that I found interesting was that directors and producers were hesitant to make a female super hero movie because Catwoman and Elektra which starred female super heroes as the main character received poor consumer response in the box offices.

This article explains the more violence portrayed to be "good" is having adverse affects on the behaviour of children.

Superheroes of today are now being portrayed as 'playboys' -- take Iron Man, for example. Many believe that these are now setting bad examples to children.

Very interesting article. It explains how superheroes today have a lot more violent, destructive and rule-breaking behavior. It's almost as if superheroes who aren't like this are seen as boring or uncool, like the comic book superheroes of yesterday.

I think that this is a good point. It is kind of how you look at the bigger picture as opposed to small things that make them bad though. So even though your example of Iron Man being a playboy is something that are bad examples to children, there are a lot of positive things that happen through out the movie that makes Iron Man look like a really good guy.

Links exposure effect with gender roles in superhero movies

I found this article very interesting because I myself found an article about early childhood development and how it helps the children. It is very interesting to read other articles that go against what we read. This article explains how superheros have a negative impact on young kids.

This is an article explaining how Superheros can help with childhood development.

(2007). Equally Super?: Gender-Role Stereotyping of Superheroes in Children's Animated Programs. Mass Communication and Society: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 25-41. doi: 10.1080/15205430709337003

This article explains a study done on female and male superheroes in children's cartoons. Specifically, this study investigated whether or not animated superheroes were portrayed in gender-role stereotypical ways. I think this is a good article for anyone focusing on gender or stereotyping.

Really good article about gender stereotypes in superhero cartoons for children. Looks at how genders are stereotyped and its possible effect on children.