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Published online 24 August 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070820-12
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The tangled web of super-heroes
The Marvel Universe has social webs similar to our own, says Philip Ball. In other words, they're sexist and elitist.
In which society do powerful males form a dominant, elitist network while females are relegated to peripheral roles?
Banish those wicked thoughts. This isn't the real world, you cynics, but pure fantasy.
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