Superhero In Wonder Woman

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If Wonder Woman Can Do It, She Can Too

Superheroes in the media have traditionally been portrayed as white males. In fact, anyone who is not a dedicated fan to superhero comics will probably find it difficult to name a superhero other than Wonder Woman who is not a B-list female counterpart to a more popular male superhero (take Supergirl, Batgirl, and Spider-Women as some examples). This can be a huge problem when it comes to girls searching in the media for powerful female role models and not finding any superheroes.
That is why the new film Wonder Woman is so important, says Jessica Bennett. Her Opinion Page about the film was interesting to me because in it, Bennett talked about how she, a 35-year-old woman, was so affected by seeing

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