While searching for something else I ran across this old post that didn't get seen by many people. Read it, ignore it, comment or don't - it really doesn't matter anymore. Originally shared by Jason ON The other day, in my exuberance, I posted an article about Spider-Man coming to the MCU via an agreement between Sony Pictures and Marvel Entertainment. Yay for us all! Right? Apparently not. Brandon Sergent came to my post to declare the first Spider-Man movie, directed by Sam Raimi and starring everyone's favorite Peter Parker, Tobey Maguire, to be a rollercoaster of misogynistic fantasy. Now, I will admit that the first (and second, and third) Spider-Man movies didn't really portray any strong female characters, that Mary Jane Watson wasn't characterized properly and that aunt May and Ben were portrayed as much older than they should have been, but misogynistic? Was the MJ character stereotyped as the damsel in distress? Absolutely. But, for thousands of year...