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[philippos42]

Hm. I ran across this--
http://michaelmay.us/blog/2008/09/26/in-your-leather-skirt-laying-down-some-hurt/
--which linked to this:
http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/09/08/whats-wrong-with-wonder-woman-by-mike-gold/

Whereas Greek mythology is central to her origin, it is no more significant than, say, Krypton is to the Man of Steel or the Vietnam War is to Iron Man. It’s the backstory, not the real story.
Here’s the problem. Her creator, Dr. William Moulton Marston, may have had his peccadilloes (and, hot damn, am I being polite here), but he came up with Wonder Woman because he liked the idea of a woman superhero. Screw his dominance issues; he promoted the idea of a woman superhero.
Superhero. Not god.
Play Wonder Woman as a genuine superhero and she’ll serve just fine as a model for girls and women… and for boys and men. She’s a superhero; she should do superhero stuff to supervillains and save the planet from intergalactic pan-dimensional threats and generally fight for truth and justice. The rest of the icon bit will take care of itself.
Oh, one thing more. The same thing’s true of our women politicians.