Wonder Woman has been delivering pin-point accurate punches to the dick of the patriarchy for almost a century now and has inspired generations of young girls to aspire to greatness, take no shit and backhand assholes through brick walls. In 2016 the UN tried to honor Wonder Woman by making her an honorary ambassador for female empowerment, which didn’t exactly go well.
Far from being a small announcement made on their website or to capitalise on the new DC movie or something, the UN made a whole song and dance about it, going as far to invite Lynda Carter, AKA the original fucking Wonder Woman to the ceremony as well as Gal Gadot who’s set to portray her in that movie we just mentioned.
While the UN never commented on why exactly they chose Wonder Woman for the role of ambassador, it’s fairly easy to read between the lines. She’s a globally recognised icon of femininity who has over 7 decades of experience of taking absolutely no shit from men and is an easily packaged symbol that translates across all cultural boundaries. We mean, there aren’t exactly many ways you can interpret an image of her snapping Superman’s arm and making him cry while Batman silently nods in approval that doesn’t make her seem like a stonecold badass.
We mean that’s fucking awesome, right? Who wouldn’t want that person representing them? Like Superman, Wonder Woman is more of an idea to strive towards than anything, only instead of representing truth, justice and the American way, she represents the subtle art of not giving a single fuck about the opinion of people’s you don’t respect and shutting down people who’d dismiss you because of your gender. However, there was a small, but nonetheless vocal minority of UN members who felt that Wonder Woman’s appointment was kind of a slap in the face for actual, real women doing great work for the advancement of gender equality around the world.
A perfectly valid point that was undermined when a far more petty reason for the protest against Wonder Woman’s appointment bubbled to the surface, she’s too sexy. To quote the petition launched by critics, they didn’t feel that, “a large breasted, white woman of impossible proportions, scantily clad in a shimmery, thigh-baring body suit with an American flag motif and knee high boots” was representative of all women. Remember they said this when two women who’ve worn that exact outfit were there talking to the world’s media about how much the character meant to them surrounded by a crowd of ethnically diverse young women wearing Wonder Woman t-shirts.
In fact, Wonder Woman’s appearance was apparently such a big deal that in the petition sent to the UN the fact they felt Wonder Woman’s character is overtly sexualized was listed before the fact she’s not real. Bother Carter and Gadot responded to the controversy, with Carter noting that Superman has worn tights that accentuate his super-sized dick bulge for decades without anybody giving a shit and Gadot pondering why it’s such a big deal that Wonder Woman is smart, strong and sexy. Neither woman swayed the critics and just two months after being named an honorary ambassador for female empowerment, Wonder Woman, a hero who regularly suplexes the pantheon of Greek Gods into next week and regularly kicks Superman, the ultimate male power fantasy, right in the dickhole, was quietly fired for simultaneously being too sexy while also not being real.
