If
Superman was so tough he wouldn’t have needed or wanted Louis lane,
Super girl wouldn’t have dated Dick Malverne and Iron man
wouldn’tve bestowed his affection on Pepper Potts or Iron woman if
you prefer (and no boys – that is a person not a command) Mr
Fantastic had Sue Storm and Peter Parker leaned on the lovely Mary
Jane Watson.. even Batman had Robin to turn to.
If you
really start delving into things you will see that one of the very
few Superheroes who didn’t have a permanent significant other that
remained consistent throughout, was the infamous Wonder Woman. Yup
even when entering a Mans World, with a smoking body, jet black hair
and big blue eyes, Wondy still couldn’t seem to keep her men... On
meeting Steve Trevor , Wondys First Love, Wondy was besotted. Yes
they eventually did get married but it wasn’t long before he also
became the one who would ultimately marry the post-Crisis
version of Wondy's Golden Age sidekick, Etta Candy. Without going
into too much detail, Wondy spent time with a small plethora of men,
some of which include Aquaman,. Trevor Barnes, Batman (Yes, THE
Batman), Tom Tresser, AKA Nemesis , and even Superman!
Although
its hard to be sure of who exactly Wonder Woman ultimately ends up
with, I think that whilst people know her as the scantily clad crime
fighting Amazonian warrior (and modern age prissies may think only
geeks know her true back story (cue my curtsy for the crowd)), more
girls can relate to this fictional legend than they may think.
Wonder Woman lived a double life as Diana Prince, which was actually
the identity she gained when she joined the Mans World and which she
used to keep her real identity as Wonder Woman, a secret. The only
difference between this fact and girls today is that we are more
prone to revealing the Wonder Woman side of ourselves to the world
whilst we keep our “Diana Princes” only display to a limited few,
namely our girlfriends and close family. We are more likely to show
off all of our strengths and positive strong attributes we forget
that deep inside is really just a normal person with normal fears and
normal tendencies. Rather than in comics books where the heroes are
more open to showing the world the flaws and keeping their incredible
strengths private, we as girls choose to to do the total opposite.
In
today's society woman have fought too long and too hard for equal
rights and whilst I am the biggest advocate for “woman can do it
just as well men”- whether its in an office, on a race track, on a
sports field or in any platform I still strongly believe that there
will always be something separating us and that's just that we are
woman!! No scientific explanation or long drawn out psycho- analysis,
we are just girls.. And while we are tough cookies and can multi task
and do a billion cool and different things and still fend off baddies
in the form of greasy Guido's in clubs and run big corporate
enterprises, and raise kids and still look pretty while doing all
this, it doesn’t mean we want to always necessarily do it alone.
Being independent and strong doesn’t mean not having weak moments.
It doesn’t mean not wanting to take to break from bravery for 5
minutes and just lean on someone else. It doesn’t mean not wanting
to feel special and appreciated. It doesn’t mean not appreciating
or wanting small surprises and it certainly doesn’t mean not
wanting to be loved.
I
wouldn’t trade my independence for the world and I would never
pretend to be anything less than who I am, which is, a smart
successful independent woman but I will also never deny being the
other 50% of me which is plainly and simply.... a girl!!!! It
doesn’t matter how we differ from each other we are still pretty
much one in the same when it comes down to being treated like
one.....
Every
Wonder Woman wants to be able to lean on a Superman.. even if
sometimes its only while it lasts...
xxx
