What Happened When Society Saw Wonder Woman
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What Happened When Society Saw Wonder Woman

Even if the reactions to the poster were overwhelmingly positive, there are still people who aren't happy about the actress.

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What Happened When Society Saw Wonder Woman
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For those of you who don't know, or have been living under a rock for the past week, the new poster and trailer for Wonder Woman was released during San Diego Comic Con. Amid all of the excitement for the movie, which is coming out in the summer of 2017, there were a lot of comments about the actress, Gal Gadot, and the content of the poster.

The positives of the movie's poster and trailer release are that the Wonder Woman hype train is still going strong and that Gal Gadot confirmed that she was made for the role as one of pop culture's most prominent figures. The very idea of Wonder Woman empowers women and children and helps show them that their voices matter in a society that tries to silence them.

The negatives, of course, includes society. When Gal Gadot first released the poster on Instagram, it was met with overwhelming love and support. Later, when news outlets got hold of the photo, the comments from readers were a mix of positive and negative.

The positive comments range from inspirational stories of how people love Wonder Woman to how beautiful the poster looks. A lot of people also expressed relief at the return of Wonder Woman's iconic colors.

The negative comments more or less focus on Gal Gadot's body.

After seeing a post about the poster on Facebook, I decided to be daring and read the comments. At first, I was so happy to read that so many people agreed with the fact that Gal Gadot, despite varooms doubts, was a fantastic portrayal of Wonder Woman. Then the body-shaming comments started.

One comment said to "hand her a meal" before asking if it was "Wonder Woman or Skeletor." Others were commenting on her boobs, butt and lighting on the armor instead of her face.

A question that comes up in light of this directly shines a light on how criticized women are in society. Though Gal Gadot is a mother, model, pageant queen and former military, that doesn't stop people from criticizing her looks and saying that she wasn’t the right fit for the role. It instead shows how impossible it is for women to do good things without being criticized for it.


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