Villains In Wonder Woman By Gloria Steinem

The Ultimate Villain: The Media
The media continues to be one of the most widely debated topics of the 21st century. On the outside, it seems like an overall positive thing, allowing information to be spread almost instantly to an unimaginable number of people. Though this information is not always positive, making it hard to ignore the negatives that have come with significant media influence. In her article “Wonder Woman,” Gloria Steinem, an American feminist journalist and social-political activist, touches on how as a child she was discouraged by the lack of powerful female representation in her favorite thing to read, comic books. However, Wonder Woman quickly rescued her, portraying an exemplary warrior who fought both terrifying villains

Steinem was an avid comic book reader, though she quickly became discouraged by the lack of proper female representation within her readings, a sentiment she expresses in her article “Wonder Woman.” Steinem recalls how in the comic books she read as a child, the strong male superhero is typically called upon to save the helpless “damsel in distress.” While these comic books have innocent intentions and are only meant to entertain the wild imagination of children, Steinem

Bruce Y. Lee interviewed the actress for his article in Forbes magazine, where Davis expressed her discontent with how women were portrayed in films, which was typically “the girlfriend or the wife of the lead character” (Lee 3). These roles place women in a role inferior to men, which can have negative effects on young women who watch it. Lee writes that we are not born with these prejudices, it is something we are exposed to and develop over time. The majority of this exposure comes from the media, as Lee writes that a survey shows “Americans teens spend an average of 9 hours a day using media” (Lee 5). Davis tells Lee how she was inspired when watching the movie, Thelma and Louise, which placed two women in a powerful role where they sought revenge on an attempted rapist. Davis expresses to Lee how it is necessary to create similar roles for women to empower their