I'm going to vote for the females, and it has nothing to do with a lack of respect for the plight of the LGBT characters.
We're 50 percent of the population and we have HOW many top tier superheroines?
One. Wonder Woman. Thank you, DC -- sort of, since they do their best to slight her whenever they can. (*cough cough Gal Gadot cough cough*)
It's not that there aren't a lot of superheroines -- even strong ones -- but they're usually supporting roles of some sort. Heck, look at all the superhero movies out there. How many superheroine ones? And how seriously did they take them? I mean, Halle Berry's Catwoman...ugh.
(BTW, I agree with the two of you -- I did like Hathaway's Catwoman. I also stand in the minority of actually liking Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman, mostly because I tend to like conflicted characters, and she certainly was that.)
What really gets me is that whenever the topic of superheroines come up, the first thing that gets people irate is the issue of costumes and/or skin. Personally, I wish there'd be that level of outrage about the actual *roles* these women play, and not with what they're wearing. Worry about the costume *after* you've gotten people to take them seriously, IMO. It's as if they actually think that as long as they've got the superheroines tastefully dressed and completely covered, we women are dumb enough to overlook the fact that they're still relegated to holding up a wall. Grr.
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We're 50 percent of the population and we have HOW many top tier superheroines?
One. Wonder Woman. Thank you, DC -- sort of, since they do their best to slight her whenever they can. (*cough cough Gal Gadot cough cough*)
It's not that there aren't a lot of superheroines -- even strong ones -- but they're usually supporting roles of some sort. Heck, look at all the superhero movies out there. How many superheroine ones? And how seriously did they take them? I mean, Halle Berry's Catwoman...ugh.
(BTW, I agree with the two of you -- I did like Hathaway's Catwoman. I also stand in the minority of actually liking Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman, mostly because I tend to like conflicted characters, and she certainly was that.)
What really gets me is that whenever the topic of superheroines come up, the first thing that gets people irate is the issue of costumes and/or skin. Personally, I wish there'd be that level of outrage about the actual *roles* these women play, and not with what they're wearing. Worry about the costume *after* you've gotten people to take them seriously, IMO. It's as if they actually think that as long as they've got the superheroines tastefully dressed and completely covered, we women are dumb enough to overlook the fact that they're still relegated to holding up a wall. Grr.