The Female Hero

Blabbermouth says that women cannot be heros because of the stereotypes that people give them. For the most part, this is true. People do stereo type the typical female hero, especially in recent movies such as Elektra and Watchmen.

In both representations of the original comics, the female heroes are sexy and wear revealing outfits. Elektra wears a skin tight red leather suit, and both Silk Spectres from Watchmen, again, wear skin tight leather. These and most of other movies portray the female heros as these women who kick ass and look good while they do it. From all the advertising that these hero movies pay for, it seems that the main attraction is not the fact that their heroine has might and all other heroic values. They seem to value the fact that their representation of a certain heroine is a sexy woman.

Where I think Blabbermouth is wrong is when she says that girls cannot be strong or heroic because of stereotypes. The stereotypes they have is just an added quality that goes along with being heroic. Elektra and the Silk Spectres, as they were represented in the movies, were not any less mighty or heroic than any other male heros. The directors now just have to add in the sexy factor.