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I seem to be posting a lot about comics lately...
...so here's a link to a post by Noah Berlatsky over on comiXology about bad superheroine cheesecake, titled "Adding Incompetence to Insult."
But more often, you get images like those above, where Star Sapphire's costume makes her look vulnerable, not tough…or the Marvel Divas cover, where everybody but Hellcat is making with the bedroom eyes, and the only threat is that Black Cat's costume may pinch so tightly that she actually pops apart at the waist, causing everything from the torso up to go swooshing about like a deflating balloon.
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And now we tie back in to my Sabretooth rant! :D
I think my attitudes towards the male objectification and the female objectification ties in with a long historical and literary tradition that, as a woman, I can't get away from, that emphasizes women's powerlessness. So when their sexuality is objectified, it's Yet Another Way to take it away - women can be superheroes, but they also have to be pinups. They can't just be superheroes, they have to be sex kittens as well.
I think my most favorite female character in all of comic/mangadom is Integra (http://steeldame.livejournal.com/profile) Hellsing (http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b%2BTBh%2Bo1L.jpg). Strong, powerful, gifted with command presence, never backs down from a fight, and has a sense of humor. She's about the only one who'd make me rething this whole being straight thing. :D (Although in the anime they took away her sense of humor and turned her into a dour, dowdy, shell of a woman. Manga Integra FTW!)
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I fully understand. For me, I can only reply with one name that does the same for me: Nathan Fillion
Well, okay, I have to admit there are a few others, but it's not too long of a list (maybe a few dozen or so), and he's right at the top. :)