Jun 7, 2019

An idiot at Marvel Studios doesn't understand "X-Men"

Victoria Alonso, idiot, producer at Marvel Studios thinks that the X-Men are sexist because of the MEN in the title.
Let me help that idiot:
According to The Dictionary, Men means:
Plural of Man:

What is a Man?

1: an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.

2: a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex.

3: the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind.

It's NOT sexist or "outdated" to have the team named X-Men...
Let's look at the Title: X-Men...
We already stated that Men is a way to describe humans in general without specifying sex. Then we have the "X"...

The X has many meanings:
X coming from Xavier... "Xavier's Men", while not the real reason it works.

X being the symbol for unknown variable. Just like each mutant's power. You could get super strength, ir the ability to taste colors.
X is the default letter for sci-fi tropes to explain something mysterious or ominous... (Chemical X, Planet X, Laboratory X, Weapon X...) add the X to a word and boom.

X as in eXtra something that makes them more than average...

So we have: a Mysterious group of people of both sexes that are part of a Mysterious team lead by a man known as Professor Charles Xavier. All members of the team have something eXtra that puts them on a different level than most people. Also, these abilities are as distinct as each member...

So, in conclusion: X-Men is the best way to describe the team...

While we can joke about X-people, "Men" is the best suffix for X-folks...

Look at this sentence:

"I am Cyclops, an X-man."

Now look at this one:

"I am Cyclops, one of the X-people."

Or this one:

"I am Cyclops, an X-folk."

Not only that but most of the really cool superheroes have MAN as a suffix in their name...
Super, Bat, Spider, Aqua, Wonder Wo...

Also, it's the name of the freaking brand! It has been for 50+ years!

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