Take Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool poster for example. Yes, it’s a close up of an intimate area, and arguably a sexual image, but as Belsky points out, that’s a powerful death weapon he has there in place of penis.

“When the men are headless, it’s not mindless, it’s not ordinary, and usually – it is not sexual,” she writes in a Tumblr post.

“His appeal to the opposite gender is not the focus. They are an engaged, unique and clear part of the joke. (You can argue that certain men are made to feel their bodies are only a joke which can sometimes be harmful - I don’t disagree).

“When it is sexual, like the Deadpool poster, even though he is headless, he is not passive. He is an active sexual being, not an object.”

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Headless Women of Hollywood: how film posters dehumanize female stars