So ... Supergirl

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Olgar Shiverstone

Legend

• Oct 27, 2015

• #1

Saw the previews for Supergirl on TV.

Why Supergirl? Why not Superwoman? I mean, it's not like we had Superboy, or Batboy. Even the Wonder Female got the Wonder Woman title. They don't call her Wondergirl.

I'm not trying to be PC here; it would be silly to call the show and the character Superperson. Nor am I on some feminist rant, insisting on Superwomyn. I might be grammatically motivated, but then Stupendous Woman or Excellence Woman might really be more accurate terms.

I mean, really, why Supergirl?

 

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Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Oct 27, 2015

• #2

Olgar Shiverstone said:

I mean, it's not like we had Superboy,

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Oh, we totally had Superboy.

 

Crothian

First Post

• Oct 27, 2015

• #3

There is a Wonder Girl and a Wonder Boy in DC comics.

 

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Olgar Shiverstone

Legend

• Oct 27, 2015

• #4

LOL. Guess I'm comically-deprived.

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Oct 27, 2015

• #5

And Robin is the Boy Wonder.

Here's more information than you ever wanted about Superboy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superboy

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Oct 27, 2015

• #6

Also there's Hellboy, Kid Flash, Colossal Boy, Beast Boy, Astro Boy, and Lightning Lad, off the top of my head.

 

Ryujin

Legend

• Oct 27, 2015

• #7

Seems to me that damned-near half of the "Legion of Superheroes" from the 30th century were something-boy or something-girl.

 

Tonguez

A suffusion of yellow

• Oct 27, 2015

• #8

Super girl emphasizes her youth in comparison to her cousin Superman - I'm also expecting to see some commentary on modern sexism and the perception of girls in tights (thats hinted in the costume try-outs)

also if you've seen the trailer the point is specifically called out by Cat Grant as a Girl Power thang

 

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Scott DeWar

Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure

• Oct 27, 2015

• #9

It seems there is a trend on shows that bring up someone's origins a lot lately, Gotham, arrow, flash, why not super girl?

 

Homicidal_Squirrel

Adventurer

• Oct 27, 2015

• #10

Olgar Shiverstone said:

Why Supergirl? Why not Superwoman? I mean, it's not like we had Superboy, or Batboy.

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Probably because the character is a product of the 1950s. She was designed to be subserviant to the male character, Superman, and thus she couldn't be an adult like Superman was. She had to be a younger and less authoritative figure.

Even the Wonder Female got the Wonder Woman title. They don't call her Wondergirl.

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Wonder Woman was kind of a feminist icon from the start.