#peggy carter betty ross pepper potts lady sif jane foster and darcy lewis all kick so much ass character wise

[tremorsmackenzie]

it is so weird to rewatch phase 1 and have these canonically extremely skilled and competent women in every movie, but also still see the same old sexism applied to them.

like, natasha romanoff, who at this point went through the fucking red room and everything that's associated with leaving the red room, having a breakdown after running away from the hulk for a little bit. thats pretty much a morning workout for her. generally the way they still sexualized her in this movie and had her act in some scenes.

i know it was 2012 and joss whedon but come on