For superhero fanatics everywhere, the long-awaited female directed film surrounding the first stand-alone female superhero finally hit theaters recently, and we were not without a feminist uproar in response.

There have been many articles and commentary on many forms of social media on how impactful the film "Wonder Woman" has been among the feminist community.

Have modern-day feminists gone too far with their expectations for Wonder Woman’s role in feminism?

When I was younger, the church I attended held a week long camp called Vacation Bible School. This particular year, its theme was superheroes, and at the end of the week, we would have the opportunity to dress up as whichever superhero we wanted.

Without first considering that I could be any superhero, regardless of any preset gender norms, I chose to dress up as Wonder Woman. I did not decide to be Wonder Woman because I felt limited to this role because I did not think that I could be Captain America or Spider-man because of my gender.

I also didn’t want to be Wonder Woman because she showed me that I also had the strength that it took to fight crime as the male superheroes did. None of those things were in my mind upon choosing a superhero, as I've never doubted my strong qualities as an individual.

I believe that feminism is necessary to have in our society, as it is a movement that stands for equality among the sexes economically, politically and socially. It proves that females can do anything that males can do and vice-versa. With improvements made in our society about the equality between the sexes, we would be able to prosper as a more unified group.

I do not think that we should be limited to fictional or historical female heroes as our motivation to prove ourselves as independent individuals in a man’s world.

I believe we should band together and focus more on pushing ourselves to achieve whatever goals we have to prove to ourselves that we can do a “man’s job.”

Wonder Woman did not come into the patriarchal society feeling like she had to prove herself as a powerful woman. She came to find that the outside world had much work to do with their culture of gender-based ideas. She was confident in her abilities, which is what led to her success of women working together to achieve equality.

I do not think that we should be constantly expecting and living off of strong female roles, on camera and off, to prove that we deserve the same recognition as men.

Set the stage for the feminists of the future by being the star.