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One critique I've heard of #WW84 
doesn't seem valid: when she says Steve is the "only thing she's ever wished for," ppl say that makes the movie anti-feminist.
I can't see that.
Plenty of male action heroes are motivated by the desire to find or reach their female lover. 1/n
doesn't seem valid: when she says Steve is the "only thing she's ever wished for," ppl say that makes the movie anti-feminist. I can't see that.
Plenty of male action heroes are motivated by the desire to find or reach their female lover. 1/n
That doesn't reduce any part of their masculinity--heck, in some circles, it's seen as a fulfillment of it. I can't see that Diana wanting a second chance w/ the "love of her life" is somehow anti-feminist. The fact that she refuses to see the *consequences* of this desire
...on an unsuspecting innocent stranger is problematic AF, but it doesn't make it anti-feminist either. Male action heroes are often blinded by love/desire/selfishness in their drive to achieve any goal.
I'm not saying this makes Diana's motivations okay, or noble, or right....
I'm not saying this makes Diana's motivations okay, or noble, or right....
...but I AM saying it doesn't detract from the fact that she's a woman w/ her own agency, making her own choices, however morally wrong they may be.
What *really* burns me up is that once again, we're holding Diana to a higher & more noble standard than we would Clark Kent,
What *really* burns me up is that once again, we're holding Diana to a higher & more noble standard than we would Clark Kent,
...Bruce Wayne, or any Marvel hero. All of these fictional male characters made serious moral errors in judgement, but we didn't say they'd somehow deviated from their *gender ideals* for doing so. We can (and should!) talk about the dehumanization of whoever Steve possessed,
...& the selfish unwillingness of Diana to renounce her wish, when the literal fate of the world was hanging in the balance. What we *must not do* is make this an issue reflecting feminists or women in general, when we absolutely don't do that for male heroes.
PS: Let's look at some dumb decisions made by Iron Man:
Which of these *ever* made us question his masculinity, or devotion to equality? https://www.ranker.com/list/iron-man-worst-decisions/jessica-bedewi
Which of these *ever* made us question his masculinity, or devotion to equality? https://www.ranker.com/list/iron-man-worst-decisions/jessica-bedewi
Which of these decisions Batman made would have us attacking him on the level of his *gender*? https://screenrant.com/dc-comics-batman-dark-knight-bvs-morally-questionable-decisions-movies-worst-things/
Oh, THIS is rich.
The incredibly, luciously, masculine ,Captain America has his 5 *worst* mistakes contrasted w/ his 5 best choices, because we would NEVER accuse America's Ass of not-being-masculine enough: https://screenrant.com/mcu-captain-america-worst-mistakes-vs-best-decisions-steve-rogers-tony-stark-bucky-barnes/
The incredibly, luciously, masculine ,Captain America has his 5 *worst* mistakes contrasted w/ his 5 best choices, because we would NEVER accuse America's Ass of not-being-masculine enough: https://screenrant.com/mcu-captain-america-worst-mistakes-vs-best-decisions-steve-rogers-tony-stark-bucky-barnes/
You get the point.
Men can make mistakes without it reflecting on their gender, or the way they feel about their gender's status in the world.
Women cannot. If she loves, she's anti-feminist.
If she doesn't love, she's a stone-cold bitch.
If she has a horrible blind spot...
Men can make mistakes without it reflecting on their gender, or the way they feel about their gender's status in the world.
Women cannot. If she loves, she's anti-feminist.
If she doesn't love, she's a stone-cold bitch.
If she has a horrible blind spot...
...re: people affected by her choices, she's the scum of the earth.
If she DOESN'T have any blind spots, she's a Mary Sue.
No character created by fallible human beings can bear the weight of all of our expectations for them. /end
If she DOESN'T have any blind spots, she's a Mary Sue.
No character created by fallible human beings can bear the weight of all of our expectations for them. /end
