Wonder Woman

 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