Mileena and Kitana," as an example of a "highly eroticized dragon lady" trope, with Mileena's "Man-Eater" Fatality described as "a high-powered kiss that evokes vagina dentata." The authors wrote that despite the inclusion of "characters of color" such as the two and Jax, "we cannot assume that this greater diversity represents a more progressive identity politics, for one could argue that it merely increases the racist and sexist potential of individual fights." Critical studies professor Marsha Kinder similarly accused Mortal Kombat II of "allowing you to have a misogynistic aspect of combat," alleging that "some of the most violent possibilities are against women," whose own "fatality moves are highly eroticised." Kinder singled out Mileena to describe how the character can kill her opponent "by sucking him in and spitting out his bones. Talk about Spider-Woman!" Feminist-oriented criticism of the series and of Mileena's character, in particular, has continued in the following decades, eventually also in video game journalism. Destructoid's Brad Nicholson called her "the worst character ever created in a fighting game" in 2008. Some commentators admitted that they found themselves too distracted by her mouth. In 2010, Game Informer included her among the palette swap characters not wanted by them in the future Mortal Kombat games, later describing her in the 2011 game as being "as creepy as ever." When American radio host Howard Stern mocked a Mortal Kombat fan who admitted that he masturbates to Mileena, Matt Helgeson of Game Informer called the latter "insane" as "onanism and Mileena should not mix." Mike Harradence of PlayStation Universe wrote that "as for the date theme [in the reboot game's trailer], frankly we can't really see the appeal – she's not a patch on Sheeva, after all." GameDaily praised the "superb fashion sense" of Soulcalibur''s Taki by contrasting her with Mileena. In an anti-sexualization paper, Federal University of Santa Catarina's Gustavo Soares Izidoro compared Mileena with Ivy Valentine from Soul Calibur. See also Ayane (Dead or Alive) Cannibalism in popular culture Juri (Street Fighter) List of female action heroes and villains List of Mortal Kombat characters Notes References External links Action film characters Action film villains Adoptee characters in video games Clone characters in video games Demon characters in video games Dictator characters in video games Emperor and empress characters in video games Extraterrestrial characters in video games Female characters in comics Female characters in video games Female film villains