Stereotypes

The use of stereotypes in comics, animation, and gaming narrative is a huge controversy and debate today. To me, stereotypes are a dying form of storytelling. It was very popular in film, comics, and other media while I was growing up. Stereotypes helped define the characters and created a false “diversity”.  For example, the stereotype/trope of "Damsel in Distress" is a huge controversy while it used to be an essential story element in early super hero comics and other media. In addition, there is more prominent "toxic masculinity" in these genres (as well as other films - especially before the 1990s). For example, Back to the Future was pointed out by Pop Culture Detective as having strong, consistent examples of toxic masculinity. Some examples included extreme violence and aggression.
In general, they show toxic and sexist behaviors towards other female characters.