Polite Paradise

I just looked and the German covers were just as awful as I thought I remembered them being. *shudders*

Fantasy author Jim Hines did a series of posts on cover art, and how sexist it can be. Not arguing that there's anything wrong with sexuality or showing off a model's body, but the angles you see in women's poses vs those in men's poses are pretty telling. And as Jim points out about a followup post by someone else, when someone who's a trained contortionist and martial artist can't pull off a pose, that says a lot about how unrealistic and ridiculous they can get.

http://www.jimchines.com/cover-posing/