Originally Posted by
Mel Dyer
The problem with that is, when we exclusively hold men accountable for their toxic masculinity, we run the risk of consigning women to a toxic femininity, ..in which free women are condescended to with lowered standards, no accountability, no respect and the consequent loss of freedom. You can't indulge Circe, Cheetah and Harley with such a comparatively wide moral berth, ..while relegating characters like Orion, Zeus and Hercules to a one-strike-you're-out standard. All that does is perpetuate antiquated notions that women can't be taken seriously or trusted with power.
However, if we follow George Perez's thinking...a Wonderverse where Hercules AND Cheetah can, after being evil or destructive, be transformed by WW's inspiring good and moved to follow her lead, we have a consistent example of Wonder Woman's greatest power...
Through it, respect.
My WW family list reflects that standard. Witcher's speculation about it is short-sighted, at best.
"Hippolyta's rapist..."? Would that be back-stabbing, Artemis-murdering, traitor to women Hippolyta ..or sailor-raping, mass murderess, child-abandoning Hippolyta? Or do we just stick her back on a pedestal and look the other way, because she's a woman? What part of any of that BS is Wonder Woman holding up for?
You just can't bend all the rules and lower the all the bars, when it comes to supervillainesses, because they're women - then, switch it all around for supervillains, ..just to keep the bad men - at this point, that's ALL of us - out of the Amazon tree house.
Real-life man fans, good guys, are here and calling fake feminists on their rubbish. The selection of characters on my list reflects that.