Heroes

In today’s society, heroic men are more successful than heroic woman. When one thinks of literature heroes; Batman, Superman, and Spiderman are likely to pop into one’s head. Both Batman and Spiderman movies have been box office hits, but there are no female heroes that dominate the big screen. People have been raised around the idea that men are the ones that save and woman is the one that need to be saved. I think that is the reason people have stereotyped woman not being able to be heroes. When a movie or a book comes out where the woman is the heroine, society does not know what to think of it because it is not the norm. There are many real contemporary heroes that I can think of right of my head, for example Michelle Obama or Mother Teresa. But I am having trouble coming up with contemporary fictional female characters. Charles Angles I believe are the most popular female heroes, but their success does not come close to Batman’s’ or really any other male hero. I believe that the reason heroines have not had as much success as heroes is because they are females. For example in Watchman, Laurie Jupiter knows how to kick butt and does in the movie, but what people remember is her tight skin leather suit, not the fact that she is a hero.