Quote Originally Posted by cgh View Post
Yeah, I agree with all of this. I've mentioned before that DC seems to shy away from genuinely evil women. They are all victims or somehow redeemable antiheroes. It feels old-fashioned and paternalistic.
I wouldn't say old-fashioned is the reason why DC shy away from genuinely evil women, especially when a lot of genuinely evil women characters exist because DC was old-fashioned and paternalistic.

It is just that these female characters are popular and it is easier to sell them as anti-heroes.