Analysis Of Wonder Woman By Steinem

Wonder Woman as portrayed in the comics, captures the audience of many girls and even boys. What is it about these superheroes that attract the reader? Readers are looking for the excitement and the interesting aspects portrayed in the story line, and these super heroes provide that. Steinem brings out the thrilling thought process that could be taking place in the reader’s mind, in her Wonder Woman essay, when she states the following. “Some girls love to have a man stronger than they are to make them do things. Do I like it? I don’t know, it’s sort of thrilling, but isn’t it more fun to make a man obey” (253)? Who doesn’t like thrillers and adventure stories? How many children would desiring that strong, good mother figure in their homes
They dress up like superheroes, and desire to have their powers. I believe kid’s desire is to rescue and help the world as the super heroes do. Steinem really plays with the women’s emotions when she states, “little girls only alternative are suppressing a crucial part of themselves by transplanting our consciousness into a male character.” Then she encourages women to rise above this lie, and use the power to inspire love. You save yourself by standing up for your own self-resect, not through power over men or becoming like men. Her mode is to lift women up and show them through self-respect and self-value they can be as good as men, if not better. As Steinem states, “Wonder Woman in all her superpowers never killed her enemies, but instead converted them to believe in equality, peace, and self-reliance and respect for the rights of others.” Steinem goal is to reach her audience of women and convince them to use their powers to rise above what we have been taught. Using the Pathos mode in her writing, she is trying to catch young women, to encourage them to stand up for their rights. Although she brings out some very strong aspects of being a woman, she mentions what she sees is a weakness of women such as